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CVE-2025-38434

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Revert "riscv: Define TASK_SIZE_MAX for __access_ok()"

This reverts commit ad5643cf2f69 ("riscv: Define TASK_SIZE_MAX for
__access_ok()").

This commit changes TASK_SIZE_MAX to be LONG_MAX to optimize access_ok(),
because the previous TASK_SIZE_MAX (default to TASK_SIZE) requires some
computation.

The reasoning was that all user addresses are less than LONG_MAX, and all
kernel addresses are greater than LONG_MAX. Therefore access_ok() can
filter kernel addresses.

Addresses between TASK_SIZE and LONG_MAX are not valid user addresses, but
access_ok() let them pass. That was thought to be okay, because they are
not valid addresses at hardware level.

Unfortunately, one case is missed: get_user_pages_fast() happily accepts
addresses between TASK_SIZE and LONG_MAX. futex(), for instance, uses
get_user_pages_fast(). This causes the problem reported by Robert [1].

Therefore, revert this commit. TASK_SIZE_MAX is changed to the default:
TASK_SIZE.

This unfortunately reduces performance, because TASK_SIZE is more expensive
to compute compared to LONG_MAX. But correctness first, we can think about
optimization later, if required.

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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version < fe30c30bf3bb68d4a4d8c7c814769857b5c973e6
Version ad5643cf2f699989daa85d909403febd6712fccb
Status affected
Version < f8b1898748dfeb4f9b67b6a6d661f354b9de3523
Version ad5643cf2f699989daa85d909403febd6712fccb
Status affected
Version < 890ba5be6335dbbbc99af14ea007befb5f83f174
Version ad5643cf2f699989daa85d909403febd6712fccb
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.10
Status affected
Version < 6.10
Version 0
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.36
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.15.*
Version 6.15.5
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 6.16
Status unaffected
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
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