CVE-2024-38543

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 10
NVD Status Analyzed

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

lib/test_hmm.c: handle src_pfns and dst_pfns allocation failure

The kcalloc() in dmirror_device_evict_chunk() will return null if the
physical memory has run out. As a result, if src_pfns or dst_pfns is
dereferenced, the null pointer dereference bug will happen.

Moreover, the device is going away. If the kcalloc() fails, the pages
mapping a chunk could not be evicted. So add a __GFP_NOFAIL flag in
kcalloc().

Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory, Switch
kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid failing allocations.

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
NVD Status
Analyzed
CNA
kernel.org
Published Date
2024-06-19 14:15:14
(2 months ago)
Updated Date
2024-08-29 02:24:30
(2 weeks ago)

Affected Products

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Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 5.8 version and prior 6.1.93 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 5.8 < 6.1.93
  Linux Kernel from 6.2 version and prior 6.6.33 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 6.2 < 6.6.33
  Linux Kernel from 6.7 version and prior 6.8.12 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 6.7 < 6.8.12
  Linux Kernel from 6.9 version and prior 6.9.3 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 6.9 < 6.9.3
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