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CVE-2021-47491

2024-05-2200:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
2
linux kernel
vulnerability
mm
khugepaged
huge page collapse
filesystems
readonly
thp
vm_exec
bugs

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm:
khugepaged: skip huge page collapse for special files The read-only THP for
filesystems will collapse THP for files opened readonly and mapped with
VM_EXEC. The intended usecase is to avoid TLB misses for large text
segments. But it doesn’t restrict the file types so a THP could be
collapsed for a non-regular file, for example, block device, if it is
opened readonly and mapped with EXEC permission. This may cause bugs, like
[1] and [2]. This is definitely not the intended usecase, so just collapse
THP for regular files in order to close the attack surface.
[[email protected]: fix vm_file check [3]]

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%