CVE-2024-42233

CVE-2024-42233

High · published August 7, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

filemap: replace pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock()

The vmf->ptl in filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() is still set from

handle_pte_fault(). But at the same time, we did a pte_unmap(vmf->pte).

After a pte_unmap(vmf->pte) unmap and rcu_read_unlock(), the page table

may be racily changed and vmf->ptl maybe fails to protect the actual page

table. Fix this by replacing pte_offset_map() with

pte_offset_map_nolock().

As David said, the PTL pointer might be stale so if we continue to use

it infilemap_fault_recheck_pte_none(), it might trigger UAF. Also, if

the PTL fails, the issue fixed by commit 58f327f2ce80 ("filemap: avoid

unnecessary major faults in filemap_fault()") might reappear.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00192 · 8.4th percentile
Published
2024-08-07T20:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.9, < 6.9.106.9.10
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 AUG 15:14Z
    filemap: replace pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock()
    cvelistv5