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CVE-2025-40153 — mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area When calling mprotect() to a large hugetlb memory area in our customer's workload (~300GB hugetlb memory), soft lockup was observed: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#98 stuck for 23s! [t2_new_sysv:126916] CPU: 98 PID: 126916 Comm: t2_new_sysv Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.17-rc7 Hardware name: GIGACOMPUTING R2A3-T40-AAV1/Jefferson CIO, BIOS 5.4.4.1 07/15/2025 pstate: 20400009 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : mte_clear_page_tags+0x14/0x24 lr : mte_sync_tags+0x1c0/0x240 sp : ffff80003150bb80 x29: ffff80003150bb80 x28: ffff00739e9705a8 x27: 0000ffd2d6a00000 x26: 0000ff8e4bc00000 x25: 00e80046cde00f45 x24: 0000000000022458 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000004 x21: 000000011b380000 x20: ffff000000000000 x19: 000000011b379f40 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffc875e0aa5e2c x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : fffffc01ce7a5c00 x4 : 00000000046cde00 x3 : fffffc0000000000 x2 : 0000000000000004 x1 : 0000000000000040 x0 : ffff0046cde7c000 Call trace: mte_clear_page_tags+0x14/0x24 set_huge_pte_at+0x25c/0x280 hugetlb_change_protection+0x220/0x430 change_protection+0x5c/0x8c mprotect_fixup+0x10c/0x294 do_mprotect_pkey.constprop.0+0x2e0/0x3d4 __arm64_sys_mprotect+0x24/0x44 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x160 el0_svc_common+0x48/0x144 do_el0_svc+0x30/0xe0 el0_svc+0x30/0xf0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xc4/0x148 el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 Soft lockup is not triggered with THP or base page because there is cond_resched() called for each PMD size. Although the soft lockup was triggered by MTE, it should be not MTE specific. The other processing which takes long time in the loop may trigger soft lockup too. So add cond_resched() for hugetlb to avoid soft lockup.

Published Nov 12, 2025 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: Linux

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+2

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.21%

ahead of 11% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026

Affects

Linux

CVSS base

—

Score not published yet.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Linux Linux).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < 30498c44c2a0b20f6833ed7d8fc3df901507f760≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < 5783485ab2be06be5312b26c8793526edc09123d≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < 547e123e9d342a44c756446640ed847a8aeec611≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < 957faf9582f92bb2be8ebe4ab6aa1c2bc71d9859≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < 964598e6f70a1be9fe675280bf16b4f96b0a6809≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < 4975c975ed9457a77953a26aeef85fdba7cf5498≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < c6096f3947f68f96defedb8764b3b1ca4cf3469f≥ 8f860591ffb29738cf5539b6fbf27f50dcdeb380 and < f52ce0ea90c83a28904c7cc203a70e6434adfecb and 1 more version 2.6.17	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 0.21%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Not enough vector or weakness data: use the affected application’s logs as a starting point.

application logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
Affected products added · linux/linux
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Source status changed · → Deferred
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
2025
CVE published
Nov 12, 2025 · Linux

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

8 on the record

git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6096f3947f68f96defedb8764b3b1ca4cf3469f
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/30498c44c2a0b20f6833ed7d8fc3df901507f760
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/4975c975ed9457a77953a26aeef85fdba7cf5498
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52ce0ea90c83a28904c7cc203a70e6434adfecb
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/957faf9582f92bb2be8ebe4ab6aa1c2bc71d9859
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/547e123e9d342a44c756446640ed847a8aeec611
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/964598e6f70a1be9fe675280bf16b4f96b0a6809
NIST National Vulnerability Database
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5783485ab2be06be5312b26c8793526edc09123d
NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Linux
every CVE for this vendor

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Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No CVSS score published by NVD, the CNA, CISA or GitHub so far.
No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No CISA SSVC assessment.
No CWE classification.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-40153 is "mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area", rated Unknown. It affects Linux (Linux); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. EPSS 0.21% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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