CVE-2025-71134
- Published: 2026-01-14T15:16:03.167
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_alloc: change all pageblocks migrate type on coalescing
When a page is freed it coalesces with a buddy into a higher order page
while possible. When the buddy page migrate type differs, it is expected
to be updated to match the one of the page being freed.
However, only the first pageblock of the buddy page is updated, while the
rest of the pageblocks are left unchanged.
That causes warnings in later expand() and other code paths (like below),
since an inconsistency between migration type of the list containing the
page and the page-owned pageblocks migration types is introduced.
[ 308.986589] ————[ cut here ]————
[ 308.987227] page type is 0, passed migratetype is 1 (nr=256)
[ 308.987275] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5224 at mm/page_alloc.c:812 expand+0x23c/0x270
[ 308.987293] Modules linked in: algif_hash(E) af_alg(E) nft_fib_inet(E) nft_fib_ipv4(E) nft_fib_ipv6(E) nft_fib(E) nft_reject_inet(E) nf_reject_ipv4(E) nf_reject_ipv6(E) nft_reject(E) nft_ct(E) nft_chain_nat(E) nf_nat(E) nf_conntrack(E) nf_defrag_ipv6(E) nf_defrag_ipv4(E) nf_tables(E) s390_trng(E) vfio_ccw(E) mdev(E) vfio_iommu_type1(E) vfio(E) sch_fq_codel(E) drm(E) i2c_core(E) drm_panel_orientation_quirks(E) loop(E) nfnetlink(E) vsock_loopback(E) vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common(E) vsock(E) ctcm(E) fsm(E) diag288_wdt(E) watchdog(E) zfcp(E) scsi_transport_fc(E) ghash_s390(E) prng(E) aes_s390(E) des_generic(E) des_s390(E) libdes(E) sha3_512_s390(E) sha3_256_s390(E) sha_common(E) paes_s390(E) crypto_engine(E) pkey_cca(E) pkey_ep11(E) zcrypt(E) rng_core(E) pkey_pckmo(E) pkey(E) autofs4(E)
[ 308.987439] Unloaded tainted modules: hmac_s390(E):2
[ 308.987650] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5224 Comm: mempig_verify Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.18.0-gcc-bpf-debug #431 PREEMPT
[ 308.987657] Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[ 308.987661] Hardware name: IBM 3906 M04 704 (z/VM 7.3.0)
[ 308.987666] Krnl PSW : 0404f00180000000 00000349976fa600 (expand+0x240/0x270)
[ 308.987676] R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:3 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
[ 308.987682] Krnl GPRS: 0000034980000004 0000000000000005 0000000000000030 000003499a0e6d88
[ 308.987688] 0000000000000005 0000034980000005 000002be803ac000 0000023efe6c8300
[ 308.987692] 0000000000000008 0000034998d57290 000002be00000100 0000023e00000008
[ 308.987696] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000349976fa5fc 000002c99b1eb6f0
[ 308.987708] Krnl Code: 00000349976fa5f0: c020008a02f2 larl %r2,000003499883abd4
00000349976fa5f6: c0e5ffe3f4b5 brasl %r14,0000034997378f60
#00000349976fa5fc: af000000 mc 0,0
>00000349976fa600: a7f4ff4c brc 15,00000349976fa498
00000349976fa604: b9040026 lgr %r2,%r6
00000349976fa608: c0300088317f larl %r3,0000034998800906
00000349976fa60e: c0e5fffdb6e1 brasl %r14,00000349976b13d0
00000349976fa614: af000000 mc 0,0
[ 308.987734] Call Trace:
[ 308.987738] [] expand+0x240/0x270
[ 308.987744] ([] expand+0x23c/0x270)
[ 308.987749] [] rmqueue_bulk+0x71e/0x940
[ 308.987754] [] __rmqueue_pcplist+0x1fe/0x2a0
[ 308.987759] [] rmqueue.isra.0+0xb46/0xf40
[ 308.987763] [] get_page_from_freelist+0x198/0x8d0
[ 308.987768] [] __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x198/0x400
[ 308.987774] [] alloc_pages_mpol+0xb8/0x220
[ 308.987781] [] folio_alloc_mpol_noprof+0x26/0xc0
[ 308.987786] [] vma_alloc_folio_noprof+0x6c/0xa0
[ 308.987791] [] vma_alloc_anon_folio_pmd+0x42/0x240
[ 308.987799] [] __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page+0x3a/0x210
[ 308.987804] [<00000349976cb0
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How to fix CVE-2025-71134
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_alloc: change all pageblocks migrate type on coalescing When a page is freed it coalesces with a buddy into a higher order page while possible. When the buddy page migrate type differs, it is expected to be updated to match the one of the page […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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