CVE-2024-57881
mm/page_alloc: don't call pfn_to_page() on possibly non-existent PFN in split_large_buddy()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 11, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 11, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_alloc: don't call pfn_to_page() on possibly non-existent PFN in split_large_buddy()
In split_large_buddy(), we might call pfn_to_page() on a PFN that might not exist. In corner cases, such as when freeing the highest pageblock in the last memory section, this could result with CONFIG_SPARSEMEM && !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME in __pfn_to_section() returning NULL and and __section_mem_map_addr() dereferencing that NULL pointer.
Let's fix it, and avoid doing a pfn_to_page() call for the first iteration, where we already have the page.
So far this was found by code inspection, but let's just CC stable as the fix is easy.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
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