CVE-2025-39793

CVE-2025-39793

High · published September 12, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

io_uring/memmap: cast nr_pages to size_t before shifting

If the allocated size exceeds UINT_MAX, then it's necessary to cast

the mr->nr_pages value to size_t to prevent it from overflowing. In

practice this isn't much of a concern as the required memory size will

have been validated upfront, and accounted to the user. And > 4GB sizes

will be necessary to make the lack of a cast a problem, which greatly

exceeds normal user locked_vm settings that are generally in the kb to

mb range. However, if root is used, then accounting isn't done, and

then it's possible to hit this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00154 · 4.2th percentile
Published
2025-09-12T20:15Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.14, < 6.15.116.15.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.16, < 6.16.26.16.2
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 15:59Z
    io_uring/memmap: cast nr_pages to size_t before shifting
    cvelistv5