CVE-2025-68293
Published: Dec 16, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages") introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before proceeding with the split work. This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer dereference. This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before any attempt to access mapping->flags.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 - < 592db83615a9f0164472ec789c2ed34ad35f732faffected c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 - < d1b83fbacd4397a1d2f8c6b13427a8636ae2b307affected c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 - < cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.9unaffected 0 - < 6.9unaffected 6.12.61 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.17.11 - <= 6.17.*unaffected 6.18 - <= * |
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