CVE-2025-39836

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: stmm: Fix incorrect buffer allocation metho...

CVE-2025-39836 is fixed in 18 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39836, released September 16, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0015
4th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: stmm: Fix incorrect buffer allocation method The communication buffer allocated by setup_mm_hdr() is later on passed to tee_shm_register_kernel_buf(). The latter expects those buffers to be contiguous pages, but setup_mm_hdr() just uses kmalloc(). That can cause various corruptions or BUGs, specifically since commit 9aec2fb0fd5e ("slab: allocate frozen pages"), though it was broken before as well. Fix this by using alloc_pages_exact() instead of kmalloc().

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1 Feb 12, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1 Feb 20, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_9 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1 Feb 12, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1 Feb 12, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1 Feb 11, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.48-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39836 Sep 16, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.16.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39836 Sep 16, 2025

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