CVE-2025-37761: linux kernel vulnerability

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix an out-of-bounds shift when invalidating TLB When the size of the range invalidated is larger than rounddown_pow_of_two(ULONG_MAX), The function macro roundup_pow_of_two(length) will hit an out-of-bounds shift [1]. Use a full TLB invalidation for such cases. v2: - Use a define for the range size limit over which we use a full TLB invalidation. (Lucas) - Use a better calculation of the limit. [1]: [ 39.202421] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 39.202657] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ./include/linux/log2.h:57:13 [ 39.202673] shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' [ 39.202688] CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 3129 Comm: xe_exec_system_ Tainted: G U 6.14.0+ #10 [ 39.202690] Tainted: [U]=USER [ 39.202690] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME B560M-A AC, BIOS 2001 02/01/2023 [ 39.202691] Call Trace: [ 39.202692] <TASK> [ 39.202695] dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xa0 [ 39.202699] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x30 [ 39.202701] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds.cold+0x61/0xe6 [ 39.202705] xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_range.cold+0x1d/0x3a [xe] [ 39.202800] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 [ 39.202803] ? mark_held_locks+0x40/0x70 [ 39.202806] xe_svm_invalidate+0x459/0x700 [xe] [ 39.202897] drm_gpusvm_notifier_invalidate+0x4d/0x70 [drm_gpusvm] [ 39.202900] __mmu_notifier_release+0x1f5/0x270 [ 39.202905] exit_mmap+0x40e/0x450 [ 39.202912] __mmput+0x45/0x110 [ 39.202914] exit_mm+0xc5/0x130 [ 39.202916] do_exit+0x21c/0x500 [ 39.202918] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xdb/0x190 [ 39.202920] do_group_exit+0x36/0xa0 [ 39.202922] get_signal+0x8f8/0x900 [ 39.202926] arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x35/0x100 [ 39.202930] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1fc/0x290 [ 39.202932] do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x180 [ 39.202934] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x59f/0x8a0 [ 39.202937] ? lock_release+0xd2/0x2a0 [ 39.202939] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x5a9/0x8a0 [ 39.202942] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0x4b/0xc0 [ 39.202944] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ 39.202946] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ 39.202947] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ 39.202950] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 39.202952] RIP: 0033:0x7fa945e543e1 [ 39.202961] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fa945e543b7. [ 39.202962] RSP: 002b:00007ffca8fb4170 EFLAGS: 00000293 [ 39.202963] RAX: 000000000000003d RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fa945e543e3 [ 39.202964] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffca8fb41ac RDI: 00000000ffffffff [ 39.202964] RBP: 00007ffca8fb4190 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fa945f600a0 [ 39.202965] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 39.202966] R13: 00007fa9460dd310 R14: 00007ffca8fb41ac R15: 0000000000000000 [ 39.202970] </TASK> [ 39.202970] ---[ end trace ]--- (cherry picked from commit b88f48f86500bc0b44b4f73ac66d500a40d320ad)

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-37761, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) affecting linux kernel, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether linux kernel is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

Sources

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