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LinuxCVE-2024-42316

HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 9:15 a.m.

CVE-2024-42316

2024-08-1709:15:11

CWE-369

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

mm/mglru

vulnerability fix

evict folios

scan control

underflow

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.0%

JSON

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

mm/mglru: fix div-by-zero in vmpressure_calc_level()

evict_folios() uses a second pass to reclaim folios that have gone through
page writeback and become clean before it finishes the first pass, since
folio_rotate_reclaimable() cannot handle those folios due to the
isolation.

The second pass tries to avoid potential double counting by deducting
scan_control->nr_scanned. However, this can result in underflow of
nr_scanned, under a condition where shrink_folio_list() does not increment
nr_scanned, i.e., when folio_trylock() fails.

The underflow can cause the divisor, i.e., scale=scanned+reclaimed in
vmpressure_calc_level(), to become zero, resulting in the following crash:

[exception RIP: vmpressure_work_fn+101]
process_one_work at ffffffffa3313f2b

Since scan_control->nr_scanned has no established semantics, the potential
double counting has minimal risks. Therefore, fix the problem by not
deducting scan_control->nr_scanned in evict_folios().

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.1–6.1.103

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2–6.6.44

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7–6.10.3

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "mm/vmscan.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "359a5e1416ca",
        "lessThan": "8de7bf77f210",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "359a5e1416ca",
        "lessThan": "d6510f234c7d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "359a5e1416ca",
        "lessThan": "a39e38be632f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "359a5e1416ca",
        "lessThan": "8b671fe1a879",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "mm/vmscan.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.1",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.1",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.103",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.44",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.11",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]