CVE-2025-38733 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-38733

s390/mm: Do not map lowcore with identity mapping

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/mm: Do not map lowcore with identity mapping Since the identity mapping is pinned to address zero the lowcore is always also mapped to address zero, this happens regardless of the relocate_lowcore command line option. If the option is specified the lowcore is mapped twice, instead of only once. This means that NULL pointer accesses will succeed instead of causing an exception (low address protection still applies, but covers only parts). To fix this never map the first two pages of physical memory with the identity mapping.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
32db401965f165f7c44447d0508097f070c8f576, 0b99d0e17d6a73a0526f92bc6b54b2b95e67a31d, 6.10.11, 6.11, 0, 6.12.44, 6.16.4, 6.17

Timeline

Official Publish: September 5th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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