CVE-2022-48700

May 3, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/type1: Unpin zero pages There's currently a reference count leak on the zero page. We increment the reference via pin_user_pages_remote(), but the page is later handled as an invalid/reserved page, therefore it's not accounted against the user and not unpinned by our put_pfn(). Introducing special zero page handling in put_pfn() would resolve the leak, but without accounting of the zero page, a single user could still create enough mappings to generate a reference count overflow. The zero page is always resident, so for our purposes there's no reason to keep it pinned. Therefore, add a loop to walk pages returned from pin_user_pages_remote() and unpin any zero pages.

Timeline

Published: May 3, 2024, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified: May 3, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Status : Received

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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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