Kernel undefined behavior via oversized TLB invalidation
Published May 1, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Out-of-bounds shift in the Intel Xe driver in Linux allows local users to trigger undefined behavior during oversized TLB invalidation. xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_range passes an excessive invalidation length to roundup_pow_of_two, causing a 64-bit shift exponent of 64. The path requires Intel Xe shared virtual memory and a range above rounddown_pow_of_two(ULONG_MAX); published evidence shows a UBSAN fault but no confirmed crash or data exposure.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds shift in the Intel Xe driver in Linux allows local users to trigger undefined behavior during oversized TLB invalidation. xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_range passes an excessive invalidation length to roundup_pow_of_two, causing a 64-bit shift exponent of 64. The path requires Intel Xe shared virtual memory and a range above rounddown_pow_of_two(ULONG_MAX); published evidence shows a UBSAN fault but no confirmed crash or data exposure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-37761
- Published
- May 1, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- May 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=332dd0116c82a75df175a459fa69dda3f23491a7 <28477f701b63922ff88e9fb13f5519c11cd48b86
- Affected versionversion=332dd0116c82a75df175a459fa69dda3f23491a7 <7bcfeddb36b77f9fe3b010bb0b282b7618420bba
- Affected versionversion=332dd0116c82a75df175a459fa69dda3f23491a7 <e4715858f87b78ce58cfa03bbe140321edbbaf20
- Affected versionversion=6.8
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