Denial of service via wrapped udmabuf page limit
Published May 8, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026
Integer overflow in Linux kernel udmabuf allows local users to cause denial of service during buffer creation with an oversized limit. In udmabuf_create(), 32-bit multiplication of the size_limit_mb module parameter by 1,048,576 wraps above 4,095 MB before producing pglimit, creating an incorrect page-count ceiling. Reachability requires an administrator to configure size_limit_mb above 4,095 and a local user to invoke udmabuf creation; the reported impact is limited to service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in Linux kernel udmabuf allows local users to cause denial of service during buffer creation with an oversized limit. In udmabuf_create(), 32-bit multiplication of the size_limit_mb module parameter by 1,048,576 wraps above 4,095 MB before producing pglimit, creating an incorrect page-count ceiling. Reachability requires an administrator to configure size_limit_mb above 4,095 and a local user to invoke udmabuf creation; the reported impact is limited to service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-37803
- Published
- May 8, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.20
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <021ba7f1babd029e714d13a6bf2571b08af96d0f
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <13fe12c037b470321436deec393030c6153cfeb9
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <29b65a3171a49c9b69f31035146be966cec40b7a
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <2b8419c6ecf69007dcff54ea0b9f0b215282c55a
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <373512760e13fdaa726faa9502d0f5be2abb3d33
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <3f6c9d66e0f8eb9679b57913aa64b4d2266f6fbe
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <b2ff4e9c599b000833d16a917f519aa2e4a75de2
- Affected versionversion=fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 <e84a08fc7e25cdad5d9a3def42cc770ff711193f
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