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CVE-2024-39497

2024-07-1200:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability
cow mapping
drm
shmem-helper
mmap
prot_write
map_private
bug_on
vmf_insert_pfn_prot
kernel panic
is_cow_mapping

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE)
Lack of check for copy-on-write (COW) mapping in drm_gem_shmem_mmap
allows users to call mmap with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE flag
causing a kernel panic due to BUG_ON in vmf_insert_pfn_prot:
BUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) && is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags));
Return -EINVAL early if COW mapping is detected.
This bug affects all drm drivers using default shmem helpers.
It can be reproduced by this simple example:
void *ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, mmap_offset);
ptr[0] = 0;

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low