High · published October 21, 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/hugetlb.c: fix UAF of vma in hugetlb fault pathway
Syzbot reports a UAF in hugetlb_fault(). This happens because
vmf_anon_prepare() could drop the per-VMA lock and allow the current VMA
to be freed before hugetlb_vma_unlock_read() is called.
We can fix this by using a modified version of vmf_anon_prepare() that
doesn't release the VMA lock on failure, and then release it ourselves
after hugetlb_vma_unlock_read().
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.9, < 6.10.13 | 6.10.13 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.2 | 6.11.2 |