CVE-2024-35872

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-05-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmm/secretmem: fix GUP-fast succeeding on secretmem folios\nfolio_is_secretmem() currently relies on secretmem folios being LRU\nfolios, to save some cycles.\nHowever, folios might reside in a folio batch without the LRU flag set, or\ntemporarily have their LRU flag cleared. Consequently, the LRU flag is\nunreliable for this purpose.\nIn particular, this is the case when secretmem_fault() allocates a fresh\npage and calls filemap_add_folio()->folio_add_lru(). The folio might be\nadded to the per-cpu folio batch and won't get the LRU flag set until the\nbatch was drained using e.g., lru_add_drain().\nConsequently, folio_is_secretmem() might not detect secretmem folios and\nGUP-fast can succeed in grabbing a secretmem folio, crashing the kernel\nwhen we would later try reading/writing to the folio, because the folio\nhas been unmapped from the directmap.\nFix it by removing that unreliable check.

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CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.5	CVSS Vector:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)	ELSA-2024-9315	2024-11-14