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HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 9:09 a.m.

CVE-2024-42316 mm/mglru: fix div-by-zero in vmpressure_calc_level()

2024-08-1709:09:24
Linux
github.com
2
linux kernel
mm/mglru
vulnerability
fixed

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

mm/mglru: fix div-by-zero in vmpressure_calc_level()

evict_folios() uses a second pass to reclaim folios that have gone through
page writeback and become clean before it finishes the first pass, since
folio_rotate_reclaimable() cannot handle those folios due to the
isolation.

The second pass tries to avoid potential double counting by deducting
scan_control->nr_scanned. However, this can result in underflow of
nr_scanned, under a condition where shrink_folio_list() does not increment
nr_scanned, i.e., when folio_trylock() fails.

The underflow can cause the divisor, i.e., scale=scanned+reclaimed in
vmpressure_calc_level(), to become zero, resulting in the following crash:

[exception RIP: vmpressure_work_fn+101]
process_one_work at ffffffffa3313f2b

Since scan_control->nr_scanned has no established semantics, the potential
double counting has minimal risks. Therefore, fix the problem by not
deducting scan_control->nr_scanned in evict_folios().

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial