Incomplete Cleanup Affecting linux-virt package, versions <6.12.29-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRT-14048600
  • published19 Nov 2025
  • disclosed20 May 2025

Introduced: 20 May 2025

CVE-2025-37908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-459  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt to version 6.12.29-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt package and not the linux-virt package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm, slab: clean up slab->obj_exts always

When memory allocation profiling is disabled at runtime or due to an error, shutdown_mem_profiling() is called: slab->obj_exts which previously allocated remains. It won't be cleared by unaccount_slab() because of mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() not true. It's incorrect, slab->obj_exts should always be cleaned up in unaccount_slab() to avoid following error:

[...]BUG: Bad page state in process... .. [...]page dumped because: page still charged to cgroup

[andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com: fold need_slab_obj_ext() into its only user]

CVSS Base Scores

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