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HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2024-42293

2024-08-1700:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
1
linux kernel
arm64
vulnerability
resolved
lockless walks
page-table folding
lack of lpa2

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: mm: Fix lockless walks with static and dynamic page-table folding
Lina reports random oopsen originating from the fast GUP code when
16K pages are used with 4-level page-tables, the fourth level being
folded at runtime due to lack of LPA2.
In this configuration, the generic implementation of
p4d_offset_lockless() will return a ‘p4d_t *’ corresponding to the
‘pgd_t’ allocated on the stack of the caller, gup_fast_pgd_range().
This is normally fine, but when the fourth level of page-table is folded
at runtime, pud_offset_lockless() will offset from the address of the
‘p4d_t’ to calculate the address of the PUD in the same page-table page.
This results in a stray stack read when the ‘p4d_t’ has been allocated
on the stack and can send the walker into the weeds.
Fix the problem by providing our own definition of p4d_offset_lockless()
when CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS <= 4 which returns the real page-table
pointer rather than the address of the local stack variable.

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

High