CVE-2024-46838

Oct. 9, 2024, 3:35 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userfaultfd: don't BUG_ON() if khugepaged yanks our page table Since khugepaged was changed to allow retracting page tables in file mappings without holding the mmap lock, these BUG_ON()s are wrong - get rid of them. We could also remove the preceding "if (unlikely(...))" block, but then we could reach pte_offset_map_lock() with transhuge pages not just for file mappings but also for anonymous mappings - which would probably be fine but I think is not necessarily expected.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
  • *, 6.11

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
o linux linux_kernel / / / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel / / / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.11 rc1 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.11 rc2 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.11 rc3 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.11 rc4 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.11 rc5 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.11 rc6 / / / / / /

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Date

  • Published: Sept. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: Oct. 9, 2024, 3:35 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has had analysis completed and all data associations made.

More info

Source

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

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