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Unscored CVE-2025-21881 EUVD-2025-8486GHSA-v2hx-rxf2-p233

uprobes: Reject the shared zeropage in uprobe_write_opcode()

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

uprobes: Reject the shared zeropage in uprobe_write_opcode()

We triggered the following crash in syzkaller tests:

BUG: Bad page state in process syz.7.38 pfn:1eff3
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1eff3
flags: 0x3fffff00004004(referenced|reserved|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
raw: 003fffff00004004 ffffe6c6c07bfcc8 ffffe6c6c07bfcc8 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000fffffffe 0000000000000000
page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x32/0x50
bad_page+0x69/0xf0
free_unref_page_prepare+0x401/0x500
free_unref_page+0x6d/0x1b0
uprobe_write_opcode+0x460/0x8e0
install_breakpoint.part.0+0x51/0x80
register_for_each_vma+0x1d9/0x2b0
__uprobe_register+0x245/0x300
bpf_uprobe_multi_link_attach+0x29b/0x4f0
link_create+0x1e2/0x280
__sys_bpf+0x75f/0xac0
__x64_sys_bpf+0x1a/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x56/0x100
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:00000000452453e0 type:MM_FILEPAGES val:-1

The following syzkaller test case can be used to reproduce:

r2 = creat(&(0x7f0000000000)='./file0\x00', 0x8)
write$nbd(r2, &(0x7f0000000580)=ANY=[], 0x10)
r4 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000040)='./file0\x00', 0x42, 0x0)
mmap$IORING_OFF_SQ_RING(&(0x7f0000ffd000/0x3000)=nil, 0x3000, 0x0, 0x12, r4, 0x0)
r5 = userfaultfd(0x80801)
ioctl$UFFDIO_API(r5, 0xc018aa3f, &(0x7f0000000040)={0xaa, 0x20})
r6 = userfaultfd(0x80801)
ioctl$UFFDIO_API(r6, 0xc018aa3f, &(0x7f0000000140))
ioctl$UFFDIO_REGISTER(r6, 0xc020aa00, &(0x7f0000000100)={{&(0x7f0000ffc000/0x4000)=nil, 0x4000}, 0x2})
ioctl$UFFDIO_ZEROPAGE(r5, 0xc020aa04, &(0x7f0000000000)={{&(0x7f0000ffd000/0x1000)=nil, 0x1000}})
r7 = bpf$PROG_LOAD(0x5, &(0x7f0000000140)={0x2, 0x3, &(0x7f0000000200)=ANY=[@ANYBLOB="1800000000120000000000000000000095"], &(0x7f0000000000)='GPL\x00', 0x7, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, '\x00', 0x0, @fallback=0x30, 0xffffffffffffffff, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x10, 0x0, @void, @value}, 0x94)
bpf$BPF_LINK_CREATE_XDP(0x1c, &(0x7f0000000040)={r7, 0x0, 0x30, 0x1e, @val=@uprobe_multi={&(0x7f0000000080)='./file0\x00', &(0x7f0000000100)=[0x2], 0x0, 0x0, 0x1}}, 0x40)

The cause is that zero pfn is set to the PTE without increasing the RSS
count in mfill_atomic_pte_zeropage() and the refcount of zero folio does
not increase accordingly. Then, the operation on the same pfn is performed
in uprobe_write_opcode()->__replace_page() to unconditional decrease the
RSS count and old_folio's refcount.

Therefore, two bugs are introduced:

1. The RSS count is incorrect, when process exit, the check_mm() report
error "Bad rss-count".

2. The reserved folio (zero folio) is freed when folio->refcount is zero,
then free_pages_prepare->free_page_is_bad() report error
"Bad page state".

There is more, the following warning could also theoretically be triggered:

__replace_page()
-> ...
-> folio_remove_rmap_pte()
-> VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(is_zero_folio(folio), folio)

Considering that uprobe hit on the zero folio is a very rare case, just
reject zero old folio immediately after get_user_page_vma_remote().

[ mingo: Cleaned up the changelog ]

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.5 6.1.130

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.19-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.19-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.133-1 DSA-5900-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.137-1~deb11u1 DLA-4193-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-84.84 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1039.41 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1038.44 USN-7802-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1025.27 USN-7809-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1040.42 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 +1 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1036.40 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1037.37 USN-7779-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-84.84.1 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1 USN-7521-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1039.42.1 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1022.22 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1037.38 USN-7801-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1039.43 USN-7790-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1018.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1 USN-7766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1 USN-7802-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1 USN-7766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-85.85~22.04.1 USN-7801-1, USN-7764-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1 USN-7779-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1 USN-7764-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1 USN-7765-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1 USN-7801-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-84.84~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 16 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2030.31 USN-7800-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1034.35 USN-7767-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1034.35~22.04.1 USN-7767-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1039.41+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1040.46+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-84.84+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1040.42+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.258.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1
Show 13 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 1-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20283-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20283-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 1-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20206-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20206-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02851-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02851-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_11 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_43 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.258.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_68 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1.150400.24.88.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02849-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.130-139.222 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-901
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.130-139.222.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-901

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 35

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