CVE-2024-49964
mm/hugetlb: fix memfd_pin_folios free_huge_pages leak
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/hugetlb: fix memfd_pin_folios free_huge_pages leak
memfd_pin_folios followed by unpin_folios fails to restore free_huge_pages
if the pages were not already faulted in, because the folio refcount for
pages created by memfd_alloc_folio never goes to 0. memfd_pin_folios
needs another folio_put to undo the folio_try_get below:
memfd_alloc_folio()
alloc_hugetlb_folio_nodemask()
dequeue_hugetlb_folio_nodemask()
dequeue_hugetlb_folio_node_exact()
folio_ref_unfreeze(folio, 1); ; adds 1 refcount
folio_try_get() ; adds 1 refcount
hugetlb_add_to_page_cache() ; adds 512 refcount (on x86)
With the fix, after memfd_pin_folios + unpin_folios, the refcount for the
(unfaulted) page is 512, which is correct, as the refcount for a faulted
unpinned page is 513.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-10-21 CVE Reserved
- 2024-10-21 CVE Published
- 2024-10-22 EPSS Updated
- 2024-11-19 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (3)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89c1905d9c140372b7f50ef48f42378cf85d9bc5 | Vuln. Introduced |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e081ff2e91bbf19b8c1ecb75b031f778858383 | 2024-10-10 | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c56b6f3d801d7ec8965993342bdd9e2972b6cb8e | 2024-09-26 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.11 < 6.11.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.11 < 6.11.3" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.11 < 6.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.11 < 6.12" | en |
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