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CVE-2024-42293
published 2024-08-17

CVE-2024-42293: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: mm: Fix lockless walks with static and dynamic page-table folding Lina reports…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.20%
10.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: mm: Fix lockless walks with static and dynamic page-table folding Lina reports random oopsen originating from the fast GUP code when 16K pages are used with 4-level page-tables, the fourth level being folded at runtime due to lack of LPA2. In this configuration, the generic implementation of p4d_offset_lockless() will return a 'p4d_t *' corresponding to the 'pgd_t' allocated on the stack of the caller, gup_fast_pgd_range(). This is normally fine, but when the fourth level of page-table is folded at runtime, pud_offset_lockless() will offset from the address of the 'p4d_t' to calculate the address of the PUD in the same page-table page. This results in a stray stack read when the 'p4d_t' has been allocated on the stack and can send the walker into the weeds. Fix the problem by providing our own definition of p4d_offset_lockless() when CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS <= 4 which returns the real page-table pointer rather than the address of the local stack variable.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.10.3-1 (forky)linux 6.10.3-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 0dd4f60a2c76938c2625f6c630c225699d97608b < 78672d49d3eebbcda3589f4d6e589caf357c5a5978672d49d3eebbcda3589f4d6e589caf357c5a59
linuxlinux>= 0dd4f60a2c76938c2625f6c630c225699d97608b < 36639013b3462c06ff8e3400a427f775b4fc97f536639013b3462c06ff8e3400a427f775b4fc97f5
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.3-16.10.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.9 < 6.10.36.10.3

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
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