CVE-2025-21984
CVE-2025-21984CVE-2025-21984
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: fix kernel BUG when userfaultfd_move encounters swapcache
userfaultfd_move() checks whether the PTE entry is present or a
swap entry.
- If the PTE entry is present, move_present_pte() handles folio
migration by setting:
src_folio->index = linear_page_index(dst_vma, dst_addr);
- If the PTE entry is a swap entry, move_swap_pte() simply copies
the PTE to the new dst_addr.
This approach is incorrect because, even if the PTE is a swap entry,
it can still reference a folio that remains in the swap cache.
This creates a race window between steps 2 and 4.
1. add_to_swap: The folio is added to the swapcache.
2. try_to_unmap: PTEs are converted to swap entries.
3. pageout: The folio is written back.
4. Swapcache is cleared.
If userfaultfd_move() occurs in the window between steps 2 and 4,
after the swap PTE has been moved to the destination, accessing the
destination triggers do_swap_page(), which may locate
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-07-30 |