In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_table_check: fix crash on ZONE_DEVICE Not all pages may apply to pgtable check. One example is ZONE_DEVICE pages: they map PFNs directly, and they don’t allocate page_ext at all even if there’s struct page around. One may reference devm_memremap_pages(). When both ZONE_DEVICE and page-table-check enabled, then try to map some dax memories, one can trigger kernel bug constantly now when the kernel was trying to inject some pfn maps on the dax device: kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:55! While it’s pretty legal to use set_pxx_at() for ZONE_DEVICE pages for page fault resolutions, skip all the checks if page_ext doesn’t even exist in pgtable checker, which applies to ZONE_DEVICE but maybe more.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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Debian | 12 | all | linux | < 6.1.99-1 | linux_6.1.99-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | < 5.10.223-1 | linux_5.10.223-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | < 6.9.7-1 | linux_6.9.7-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | < 6.9.7-1 | linux_6.9.7-1_all.deb |