CVE-2021-47214
Published: Apr 10, 2024
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hugetlb, userfaultfd: fix reservation restore on userfaultfd error Currently in the is_continue case in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(), if we bail out using "goto out_release_unlock;" in the cases where idx >= size, or !huge_pte_none(), the code will detect that new_pagecache_page == false, and so call restore_reserve_on_error(). In this case I see restore_reserve_on_error() delete the reservation, and the following call to remove_inode_hugepages() will increment h->resv_hugepages causing a 100% reproducible leak. We should treat the is_continue case similar to adding a page into the pagecache and set new_pagecache_page to true, to indicate that there is no reservation to restore on the error path, and we need not call restore_reserve_on_error(). Rename new_pagecache_page to page_in_pagecache to make that clear.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected c7b1850dfb41d0b4154aca8dbc04777fbd75616f - < b5069d44e2fbc4a9093d005b3ef0949add3dd27eaffected c7b1850dfb41d0b4154aca8dbc04777fbd75616f - < cc30042df6fcc82ea18acf0dace831503e60a0b7affected 515b6124df6a84c957c5cc6bb6e8309dae7b1e9caffected 5.13.13 - < 5.14 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.14unaffected 0 - < 5.14unaffected 5.15.5 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 5.16 - <= * |
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