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CVE-2024-40915
published 2024-07-12

CVE-2024-40915: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: rewrite __kernel_map_pages() to fix sleeping in invalid context __kernel_map_pages()…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: rewrite __kernel_map_pages() to fix sleeping in invalid context __kernel_map_pages() is a debug function which clears the valid bit in page table entry for deallocated pages to detect illegal memory accesses to freed pages. This function set/clear the valid bit using __set_memory(). __set_memory() acquires init_mm's semaphore, and this operation may sleep. This is problematic, because __kernel_map_pages() can be called in atomic context, and thus is illegal to sleep. An example warning that this causes: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1578 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 2, name: kthreadd preempt_count: 2, expected: 0 CPU: 0 PID: 2 Comm: kthreadd Not tainted 6.9.0-g1d4c6d784ef6 #37 Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) Call Trace: [] dump_backtrace+0x1c/0x24 [] show_stack+0x2c/0x38 [] dump_stack_lvl+0x5a/0x72 [] dump_stack+0x14/0x1c [] __might_resched+0x104/0x10e [] __might_sleep+0x3e/0x62 [] down_write+0x20/0x72 [] __set_memory+0x82/0x2fa [] __kernel_map_pages+0x5a/0xd4 [] __alloc_pages_bulk+0x3b2/0x43a [] __vmalloc_node_range+0x196/0x6ba [] copy_process+0x72c/0x17ec [] kernel_clone+0x60/0x2fe [] kernel_thread+0x82/0xa0 [] kthreadd+0x14a/0x1be [] ret_from_fork+0xe/0x1c Rewrite this function with apply_to_existing_page_range(). It is fine to not have any locking, because __kernel_map_pages() works with pages being allocated/deallocated and those pages are not changed by anyone else in the meantime.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.99-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 5fde3db5eb028b95aeefa1ab192d36800414e8b8 < 919f8626099d9909b9a9620b05e8c8ab06581876919f8626099d9909b9a9620b05e8c8ab06581876
linuxlinux>= 5fde3db5eb028b95aeefa1ab192d36800414e8b8 < 8661a7af04991201640863ad1a0983173f84b5eb8661a7af04991201640863ad1a0983173f84b5eb
linuxlinux>= 5fde3db5eb028b95aeefa1ab192d36800414e8b8 < d5257ceb19d92069195254866421f425aea42915d5257ceb19d92069195254866421f425aea42915
linuxlinux>= 5fde3db5eb028b95aeefa1ab192d36800414e8b8 < fb1cf0878328fe75d47f0aed0a65b30126fcefc4fb1cf0878328fe75d47f0aed0a65b30126fcefc4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.99-16.1.99-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-125.1355.15.0-125.135
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-44.446.8.0-44.44
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.7 < 6.1.956.1.95
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.356.6.35
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.9.66.9.6
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.202.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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