CVE-2025-21872

efi: Don't map the entire mokvar table to determine its size

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2025 at 02:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: Don't map the entire mokvar table to determine its size Currently, when validating the mokvar table, we (re)map the entire table on each iteration of the loop, adding space as we discover new entries. If the table grows over a certain size, this fails due to limitations of early_memmap(), and we get a failure and traceback: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at mm/early_ioremap.c:139 __early_ioremap+0xef/0x220 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? __early_ioremap+0xef/0x220 ? __warn.cold+0x93/0xfa ? __early_ioremap+0xef/0x220 ? report_bug+0xff/0x140 ? early_fixup_exception+0x5d/0xb0 ? early_idt_handler_common+0x2f/0x3a ? __early_ioremap+0xef/0x220 ? efi_mokvar_table_init+0xce/0x1d0 ? setup_arch+0x864/0xc10 ? start_kernel+0x6b/0xa10 ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xed/0xf0 ? common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141 </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- mokvar: Failed to map EFI MOKvar config table pa=0x7c4c3000, size=265187. Mapping the entire structure isn't actually necessary, as we don't ever need more than one entry header mapped at once. Changes efi_mokvar_table_init() to only map each entry header, not the entire table, when determining the table size. Since we're not mapping any data past the variable name, it also changes the code to enforce that each variable name is NUL terminated, rather than attempting to verify it in place.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.10 ≤ v < 5.10.2355.10 ≤ v < 6.12.185.10 ≤ v < 6.13.65.10 ≤ v < 6.145.10 ≤ v < 6.6.835.11 ≤ v < 6.6.836.13 ≤ v < 6.13.66.7 ≤ v < 6.12.185.1058c909022a5a56cd1d9e89c8c5461fd1f6a27bb56.14 rc16.14 rc26.14 rc36.14 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 2b90e7ace79774a3540ce569e000388f8d22c9e0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 46c0454ffb78ce9d3355a3cccac86383ea8ddd55 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 65f4aebb8127708ba668dd938e83b8558abfc5cd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 97bd560b6cc4c26386a53b4881bf03e96f9ba03a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ea3f0b362dfe4ef885ef812bfaf4088176422c91 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.235 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.83 (unaffected)

References (6)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b90e7ace79774a3540ce569e000388f8d22c9e0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c0454ffb78ce9d3355a3cccac86383ea8ddd55
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f4aebb8127708ba668dd938e83b8558abfc5cd
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97bd560b6cc4c26386a53b4881bf03e96f9ba03a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea3f0b362dfe4ef885ef812bfaf4088176422c91
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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