CVE-2024-46838

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

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
linux
  • linux_kernel
  • *, 6.11

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.

Weaknesses

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

CPEs

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 Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References