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CVE-2024-40949

mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio

Severity Score

7.0
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio When testing shmem swapin, I encountered the warning below on my machine. The reason is that replacing an old shmem folio with a new one causes
mem_cgroup_migrate() to clear the old folio's memcg data. As a result,
the old folio cannot get the correct memcg's lruvec needed to remove
itself from the LRU list when it is being freed. This could lead to
possible serious problems, such as LRU list crashes due to holding the
wrong LRU lock, and incorrect LRU statistics. To fix this issue, we can fallback to use the mem_cgroup_replace_folio()
to replace the old shmem folio. [ 5241.100311] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x5d9960
[ 5241.100317] head: order:4 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0
[ 5241.100319] flags: 0x17fffe0000040068(uptodate|lru|head|swapbacked|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x3ffff)
[ 5241.100323] raw: 17fffe0000040068 fffffdffd6687948 fffffdffd69ae008 0000000000000000
[ 5241.100325] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
[ 5241.100326] head: 17fffe0000040068 fffffdffd6687948 fffffdffd69ae008 0000000000000000
[ 5241.100327] head: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
[ 5241.100328] head: 17fffe0000000204 fffffdffd6665801 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000
[ 5241.100329] head: 0000000a00000010 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
[ 5241.100330] page dumped because: VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!memcg && !mem_cgroup_disabled())
[ 5241.100338] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 5241.100339] WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 78402 at include/linux/memcontrol.h:775 folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x140/0x150
[...]
[ 5241.100374] pc : folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x140/0x150
[ 5241.100375] lr : folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x138/0x150
[ 5241.100376] sp : ffff80008b38b930
[...]
[ 5241.100398] Call trace:
[ 5241.100399] folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x140/0x150
[ 5241.100401] __page_cache_release+0x90/0x300
[ 5241.100404] __folio_put+0x50/0x108
[ 5241.100406] shmem_replace_folio+0x1b4/0x240
[ 5241.100409] shmem_swapin_folio+0x314/0x528
[ 5241.100411] shmem_get_folio_gfp+0x3b4/0x930
[ 5241.100412] shmem_fault+0x74/0x160
[ 5241.100414] __do_fault+0x40/0x218
[ 5241.100417] do_shared_fault+0x34/0x1b0
[ 5241.100419] do_fault+0x40/0x168
[ 5241.100420] handle_pte_fault+0x80/0x228
[ 5241.100422] __handle_mm_fault+0x1c4/0x440
[ 5241.100424] handle_mm_fault+0x60/0x1f0
[ 5241.100426] do_page_fault+0x120/0x488
[ 5241.100429] do_translation_fault+0x4c/0x68
[ 5241.100431] do_mem_abort+0x48/0xa0
[ 5241.100434] el0_da+0x38/0xc0
[ 5241.100436] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xc0
[ 5241.100437] el0t_64_sync+0x14c/0x150
[ 5241.100439] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com: remove less helpful comments, per Matthew] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ccad3fe1375b468ebca3227b6b729f3eaf9d8046.1718423197.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio When testing shmem swapin, I encountered the warning below on my machine. The reason is that replacing an old shmem folio with a new one causes mem_cgroup_migrate() to clear the old folio's memcg data. As a result, the old folio cannot get the correct memcg's lruvec needed to remove itself from the LRU list when it is being freed. This could lead to possible serious problems, such as LRU list crashes due to holding the wrong LRU lock, and incorrect LRU statistics. To fix this issue, we can fallback to use the mem_cgroup_replace_folio() to replace the old shmem folio. [ 5241.100311] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x5d9960 [ 5241.100317] head: order:4 mapcount:0 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 [ 5241.100319] flags: 0x17fffe0000040068(uptodate|lru|head|swapbacked|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x3ffff) [ 5241.100323] raw: 17fffe0000040068 fffffdffd6687948 fffffdffd69ae008 0000000000000000 [ 5241.100325] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 5241.100326] head: 17fffe0000040068 fffffdffd6687948 fffffdffd69ae008 0000000000000000 [ 5241.100327] head: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 5241.100328] head: 17fffe0000000204 fffffdffd6665801 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 5241.100329] head: 0000000a00000010 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 5241.100330] page dumped because: VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_FOLIO(!memcg && !mem_cgroup_disabled()) [ 5241.100338] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 5241.100339] WARNING: CPU: 19 PID: 78402 at include/linux/memcontrol.h:775 folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x140/0x150 [...] [ 5241.100374] pc : folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x140/0x150 [ 5241.100375] lr : folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x138/0x150 [ 5241.100376] sp : ffff80008b38b930 [...] [ 5241.100398] Call trace: [ 5241.100399] folio_lruvec_lock_irqsave+0x140/0x150 [ 5241.100401] __page_cache_release+0x90/0x300 [ 5241.100404] __folio_put+0x50/0x108 [ 5241.100406] shmem_replace_folio+0x1b4/0x240 [ 5241.100409] shmem_swapin_folio+0x314/0x528 [ 5241.100411] shmem_get_folio_gfp+0x3b4/0x930 [ 5241.100412] shmem_fault+0x74/0x160 [ 5241.100414] __do_fault+0x40/0x218 [ 5241.100417] do_shared_fault+0x34/0x1b0 [ 5241.100419] do_fault+0x40/0x168 [ 5241.100420] handle_pte_fault+0x80/0x228 [ 5241.100422] __handle_mm_fault+0x1c4/0x440 [ 5241.100424] handle_mm_fault+0x60/0x1f0 [ 5241.100426] do_page_fault+0x120/0x488 [ 5241.100429] do_translation_fault+0x4c/0x68 [ 5241.100431] do_mem_abort+0x48/0xa0 [ 5241.100434] el0_da+0x38/0xc0 [ 5241.100436] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xc0 [ 5241.100437] el0t_64_sync+0x14c/0x150 [ 5241.100439] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com: remove less helpful comments, per Matthew] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ccad3fe1375b468ebca3227b6b729f3eaf9d8046.1718423197.git.baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-07-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-07-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.7 < 6.9.7
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Linux
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>= 6.7 < 6.10
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