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CVE-2025-40311: accel/habanalabs: support mapping cb with vmalloc-backed coherent memory

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-08 · updated 2026-10-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/habanalabs: support mapping cb with vmalloc-backed coherent memory When IOMMU is enabled, dma_alloc_coherent() with GFP_USER may return addresses from the vmalloc range. If such an address is mapped without VM_MIXEDMAP, vm_insert_page() will trigger a BUG_ON due to the VM_PFNMAP restriction. Fix this by checking for vmalloc addresses and setting VM_MIXEDMAP in the VMA before mapping. This ensures safe mapping and avoids kernel crashes. The memory is still driver-allocated and cannot be accessed directly by userspace.

Affected products

• Linux: 5.8 — fixed in 6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux 6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513024d5a0e34fd34247043f1876b6138ca52847
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73c7c2cdb442fc4160d2a2a4bfffbd162af06cb9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec8ac9f73d4a9438c2186768d6de27ace37531e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de421db5b1b2b37e9643ea7f6ade90fd756892d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1dfe21a332d38a6a09658ec29a55940afb5fe36

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