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CVE-2025-21949

MEDIUM 5.5

LoongArch: Set hugetlb mmap base address aligned with pmd size

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Set hugetlb mmap base address aligned with pmd size With ltp test case "testcases/bin/hugefork02", there is a dmesg error report message such as: kernel BUG at mm/hugetlb.c:5550! Oops - BUG[#1]: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1517 Comm: hugefork02 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2+ #241 Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 pc 90000000004eaf1c ra 9000000000485538 tp 900000010edbc000 sp 900000010edbf940 a0 900000010edbfb00 a1 9000000108d20280 a2 00007fffe9474000 a3 00007ffff3474000 a4 0000000000000000 a5 0000000000000003 a6 00000000003cadd3 a7 0000000000000000 t0 0000000001ffffff t1 0000000001474000 t2 900000010ecd7900 t3 00007fffe9474000 t4 00007fffe9474000 t5 0000000000000040 t6 900000010edbfb00 t7 0000000000000001 t8 0000000000000005 u0 90000000004849d0 s9 900000010edbfa00 s0 9000000108d20280 s1 00007fffe9474000 s2 0000000002000000 s3 9000000108d20280 s4 9000000002b38b10 s5 900000010edbfb00 s6 00007ffff3474000 s7 0000000000000406 s8 900000010edbfa08 ra: 9000000000485538 unmap_vmas+0x130/0x218 ERA: 90000000004eaf1c __unmap_hugepage_range+0x6f4/0x7d0 PRMD: 00000004 (PPLV0 +PIE -PWE) EUEN: 00000007 (+FPE +SXE +ASXE -BTE) ECFG: 00071c1d (LIE=0,2-4,10-12 VS=7) ESTAT: 000c0000 [BRK] (IS= ECode=12 EsubCode=0) PRID: 0014c010 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3A5000) Process hugefork02 (pid: 1517, threadinfo=00000000a670eaf4, task=000000007a95fc64) Call Trace: [<90000000004eaf1c>] __unmap_hugepage_range+0x6f4/0x7d0 [<9000000000485534>] unmap_vmas+0x12c/0x218 [<9000000000494068>] exit_mmap+0xe0/0x308 [<900000000025fdc4>] mmput+0x74/0x180 [<900000000026a284>] do_exit+0x294/0x898 [<900000000026aa30>] do_group_exit+0x30/0x98 [<900000000027bed4>] get_signal+0x83c/0x868 [<90000000002457b4>] arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x54/0xfa0 [<90000000015795e8>] irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0xb8/0x138 [<90000000002572d0>] tlb_do_page_fault_1+0x114/0x1b4 The problem is that base address allocated from hugetlbfs is not aligned with pmd size. Here add a checking for hugetlbfs and align base address with pmd size. After this patch the test case "testcases/bin/hugefork02" passes to run. This is similar to the commit 7f24cbc9c4d42db8a3c8484d1 ("mm/mmap: teach generic_get_unmapped_area{_topdown} to handle hugetlb mappings").

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Published Apr 1, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < 242b34f48a377afe4b285b472bd0f17744fca8e8 fa96b57c149061f71a70bd6582d995f6424fbbf4 < 3109d5ff484b7bc7b955f166974c6776d91f247b
Linux / Linux
5.19

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/242b34f48a377afe4b285b472bd0f17744fca8e8 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3109d5ff484b7bc7b955f166974c6776d91f247b