CVE-2025-40218

mm/damon/vaddr: do not repeat pte_offset_map_lock() until success

CVE-2025-40218 is fixed in 36 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40218, released December 4, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
4.1
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
10th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/vaddr: do not repeat pte_offset_map_lock() until success DAMON's virtual address space operation set implementation (vaddr) calls pte_offset_map_lock() inside the page table walk callback function. This is for reading and writing page table accessed bits. If pte_offset_map_lock() fails, it retries by returning the page table walk callback function with ACTION_AGAIN. pte_offset_map_lock() can continuously fail if the target is a pmd migration entry, though. Hence it could cause an infinite page table walk if the migration cannot be done until the page table walk is finished. This indeed caused a soft lockup when CPU hotplugging and DAMON were running in parallel. Avoid the infinite loop by simply not retrying the page table walk. DAMON is promising only a best-effort accuracy, so missing access to such pages is no problem.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.12.55-74.119 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 Feb 2, 2026
kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-libbpf · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-libbpf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.57-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40218 Dec 4, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.17.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40218 Dec 4, 2025
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
python3-perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1316 Dec 8, 2025

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