CVE-2025-39899

Technical Description

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

mm/userfaultfd: fix kmap_local LIFO ordering for CONFIG_HIGHPTE

With CONFIG_HIGHPTE on 32-bit ARM, move_pages_pte() maps PTE pages using

kmap_local_page(), which requires unmapping in Last-In-First-Out order.

The current code maps dst_pte first, then src_pte, but unmaps them in the

same order (dst_pte, src_pte), violating the LIFO requirement. This

causes the warning in kunmap_local_indexed():

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 604 at mm/highmem.c:622 kunmap_local_indexed+0x178/0x17c

addr \!= __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + idx)

Fix this by reversing the unmap order to respect LIFO ordering.

This issue follows the same pattern as similar fixes:

- commit eca6828403b8 ("crypto: skcipher - fix mismatch between mapping and unmapping order")

- commit 8cf57c6df818 ("nilfs2: eliminate staggered calls to kunmap in nilfs_rename")

Both of which addressed the same fundamental requirement that kmap_local

operations must follow LIFO o

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References