CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-41021
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-07-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/mm: Fix VM_FAULT_HWPOISON handling in do_exception()
There is no support for HWPOISON, MEMORY_FAILURE, or ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC on
s390. Therefore we do not expect to see VM_FAULT_HWPOISON in
do_exception().
However, since commit af19487f00f3 ("mm: make PTE_MARKER_SWAPIN_ERROR more
general"), it is possible to see VM_FAULT_HWPOISON in combination with
PTE_MARKER_POISONED, even on architectures that do not support HWPOISON
otherwise. In this case, we will end up on the BUG() in do_exception().
Fix this by treating VM_FAULT_HWPOISON the same as VM_FAULT_SIGBUS, similar
to x86 when MEMORY_FAILURE is not configured. Also print unexpected fault
flags, for easier debugging.
Note that VM_FAULT_HWPOISON_LARGE is not expected, because s390 cannot
support swap entries on other levels than PTE level.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.6 < 6.6.44)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.9.12)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.10 < 6.10.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73a9260b7366d2906ec011e100319359fe2277d0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e13767ccefdc4f8aa92514b592b60f6b54882ff Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3aefb871222a9880602d1a44a558177b4143e3b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df39038cd89525d465c2c8827eb64116873f141a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e13767ccefdc4f8aa92514b592b60f6b54882ff Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3aefb871222a9880602d1a44a558177b4143e3b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df39038cd89525d465c2c8827eb64116873f141a Patch