Bug 2400061 (CVE-2025-39793) - CVE-2025-39793 kernel: io_uring/memmap: cast nr_pages to size_t before shifting
Summary: CVE-2025-39793 kernel: io_uring/memmap: cast nr_pages to size_t before shifting
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-39793
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2025-09-29 07:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-09 15:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-29 07:02:15 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring/memmap: cast nr_pages to size_t before shifting

If the allocated size exceeds UINT_MAX, then it's necessary to cast
the mr->nr_pages value to size_t to prevent it from overflowing. In
practice this isn't much of a concern as the required memory size will
have been validated upfront, and accounted to the user. And > 4GB sizes
will be necessary to make the lack of a cast a problem, which greatly
exceeds normal user locked_vm settings that are generally in the kb to
mb range. However, if root is used, then accounting isn't done, and
then it's possible to hit this issue.

Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-09-29 18:04:18 UTC Comment hidden (spam)

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