Physical-memory access via page-count integer overflow
Published Sep 12, 2025 · Updated Sep 12, 2025
Integer overflow in io_uring memory mapping in Linux kernel 6.14 allows local users to access physical memory through a large region. The memmap allocation shifts the 32-bit mr->nr_pages value before widening it, so a region larger than 4 GB wraps the pages-array size while later code maps the full attacker-selected range. Reachability requires a sufficiently high locked-memory limit or CAP_IPC_LOCK; successful triggering permits physical-memory reads and writes and can crash the host.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in io_uring memory mapping in Linux kernel 6.14 allows local users to access physical memory through a large region. The memmap allocation shifts the 32-bit mr->nr_pages value before widening it, so a region larger than 4 GB wraps the pages-array size while later code maps the full attacker-selected range. Reachability requires a sufficiently high locked-memory limit or CAP_IPC_LOCK; successful triggering permits physical-memory reads and writes and can crash the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-39793
- Published
- Sep 12, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 12, 2025
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=087f997870a948820ec366701d178f402c6a23a3 <33503c083fda048c77903460ac0429e1e2c0e341
- Affected versionversion=087f997870a948820ec366701d178f402c6a23a3 <a69a9b53c54e2d33e2a5b1ea4a9a71fd01c6cf3a
- Affected versionversion=087f997870a948820ec366701d178f402c6a23a3 <c6a2706e08b8a1b2d3740161c0977d38e596c1ee
- Affected versionversion=6.14
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