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CVE-2024-40917
published 2024-07-12

CVE-2024-40917: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memblock: make memblock_set_node() also warn about use of MAX_NUMNODES On an (old) x86…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.27%
18.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memblock: make memblock_set_node() also warn about use of MAX_NUMNODES On an (old) x86 system with SRAT just covering space above 4Gb: ACPI: SRAT: Node 0 PXM 0 [mem 0x100000000-0xfffffffff] hotplug the commit referenced below leads to this NUMA configuration no longer being refused by a CONFIG_NUMA=y kernel (previously NUMA: nodes only cover 6144MB of your 8185MB e820 RAM. Not used. No NUMA configuration found Faking a node at [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000027fffffff] was seen in the log directly after the message quoted above), because of memblock_validate_numa_coverage() checking for NUMA_NO_NODE (only). This in turn led to memblock_alloc_range_nid()'s warning about MAX_NUMNODES triggering, followed by a NULL deref in memmap_init() when trying to access node 64's (NODE_SHIFT=6) node data. To compensate said change, make memblock_set_node() warn on and adjust a passed in value of MAX_NUMNODES, just like various other functions already do.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.9.7-1 (forky)linux 6.9.7-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6.6.70 < 6.6.726.6.72
linuxlinux>= 6fdc770506eb8379bf68a49d4e193c8364ac64e0 < 4ddb7f966f3d06fcf1ba5ee298af6714b593584b4ddb7f966f3d06fcf1ba5ee298af6714b593584b
linuxlinux>= ff6c3d81f2e86b63a3a530683f89ef393882782a < 22f742b8f738918f683198a18ec3c691acda14c422f742b8f738918f683198a18ec3c691acda14c4
linuxlinux>= ff6c3d81f2e86b63a3a530683f89ef393882782a < e0eec24e2e199873f43df99ec39773ad3af2bff7e0eec24e2e199873f43df99ec39773ad3af2bff7
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.9.7-16.9.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-44.446.8.0-44.44
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.70 < 6.6.726.6.72
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.8 < 6.9.66.9.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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