{"cve":"CVE-2025-39845","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-19T16:15:43.280","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/mm/64: define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings()\n\nDefine ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK and arch_sync_kernel_mappings() to ensure\npage tables are properly synchronized when calling p*d_populate_kernel().\n\nFor 5-level paging, synchronization is performed via\npgd_populate_kernel().  In 4-level paging, pgd_populate() is a no-op, so\nsynchronization is instead performed at the P4D level via\np4d_populate_kernel().\n\nThis fixes intermittent boot failures on systems using 4-level paging and\na large amount of persistent memory:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffe70000000034\n  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n  PGD 0 P4D 0\n  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n  RIP: 0010:__init_single_page+0x9/0x6d\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   __init_zone_device_page+0x17/0x5d\n   memmap_init_zone_device+0x154/0x1bb\n   pagemap_range+0x2e0/0x40f\n   memremap_pages+0x10b/0x2f0\n   devm_memremap_pages+0x1e/0x60\n   dev_dax_probe+0xce/0x2ec [device_dax]\n   dax_bus_probe+0x6d/0xc9\n   [... snip ...]\n   </TASK>\n\nIt also fixes a crash in vmemmap_set_pmd() caused by accessing vmemmap\nbefore sync_global_pgds() [1]:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffeb3ff1200000\n  #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n  PGD 0 P4D 0\n  Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n  Tainted: [W]=WARN\n  RIP: 0010:vmemmap_set_pmd+0xff/0x230\n   <TASK>\n   vmemmap_populate_hugepages+0x176/0x180\n   vmemmap_populate+0x34/0x80\n   __populate_section_memmap+0x41/0x90\n   sparse_add_section+0x121/0x3e0\n   __add_pages+0xba/0x150\n   add_pages+0x1d/0x70\n   memremap_pages+0x3dc/0x810\n   devm_memremap_pages+0x1c/0x60\n   xe_devm_add+0x8b/0x100 [xe]\n   xe_tile_init_noalloc+0x6a/0x70 [xe]\n   xe_device_probe+0x48c/0x740 [xe]\n   [... snip ...]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26ff568f390a531d1bd792e49f1a401849921960","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f761d40ee95d2624f839c90ebeef2d5c55007f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6659d027998083fbb6d42a165b0c90dc2e8ba989","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf9473727569e8283c1e2445c7ac42cf4fc9fa9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/744ff519c72de31344a627eaf9b24e9595aae554"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39845","score":0.00157,"percentile":0.04854,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}