CVE-2021-47491

EPSS 0.04 % (16th)
0.04% Progress
Advisories 10
NVD Status Awaiting Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm: khugepaged: skip huge page collapse for special files

The read-only THP for filesystems will collapse THP for files opened
readonly and mapped with VM_EXEC. The intended usecase is to avoid TLB
misses for large text segments. But it doesn't restrict the file types
so a THP could be collapsed for a non-regular file, for example, block
device, if it is opened readonly and mapped with EXEC permission. This
may cause bugs, like [1] and [2].

This is definitely not the intended usecase, so just collapse THP for
regular files in order to close the attack surface.

[shy828301@gmail.com: fix vm_file check [3]]

CVE Status
PUBLISHED
NVD Status
Awaiting Analysis
CNA
kernel.org
Published Date
2024-05-22 09:15:10
(3 months ago)
Updated Date
2024-05-22 12:46:53
(3 months ago)
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