CVE-2024-26850 mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix BUG_ON with pud advanced test

2024-04-1710:14:20

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

mm/debug_vm_pgtable

vulnerability

powerpc

pud

devmap

debug checks

architecture

ppc64

patch

security

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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

mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix BUG_ON with pud advanced test

Architectures like powerpc add debug checks to ensure we find only devmap
PUD pte entries. These debug checks are only done with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
This patch marks the ptes used for PUD advanced test devmap pte entries so
that we don’t hit on debug checks on architecture like ppc64 as below.

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c:1382 radix__pud_hugepage_update+0x38/0x138
…
NIP [c0000000000a7004] radix__pud_hugepage_update+0x38/0x138
LR [c0000000000a77a8] radix__pudp_huge_get_and_clear+0x28/0x60
Call Trace:
[c000000004a2f950] [c000000004a2f9a0] 0xc000000004a2f9a0 (unreliable)
[c000000004a2f980] [000d34c100000000] 0xd34c100000000
[c000000004a2f9a0] [c00000000206ba98] pud_advanced_tests+0x118/0x334
[c000000004a2fa40] [c00000000206db34] debug_vm_pgtable+0xcbc/0x1c48
[c000000004a2fc10] [c00000000000fd28] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x388

Also

kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c:202!
…

NIP [c000000000096510] pudp_huge_get_and_clear_full+0x98/0x174
LR [c00000000206bb34] pud_advanced_tests+0x1b4/0x334
Call Trace:
[c000000004a2f950] [000d34c100000000] 0xd34c100000000 (unreliable)
[c000000004a2f9a0] [c00000000206bb34] pud_advanced_tests+0x1b4/0x334
[c000000004a2fa40] [c00000000206db34] debug_vm_pgtable+0xcbc/0x1c48
[c000000004a2fc10] [c00000000000fd28] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x388

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/debug_vm_pgtable.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "27af67f35631",
        "lessThan": "d2a9510c0e39",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "27af67f35631",
        "lessThan": "eeeddf85fc58",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "27af67f35631",
        "lessThan": "720da1e593b8",
        "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/debug_vm_pgtable.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.6",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.6",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.21",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.7.9",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]