CVE-2024-38543
Published: Jun 19, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/test_hmm.c: handle src_pfns and dst_pfns allocation failure The kcalloc() in dmirror_device_evict_chunk() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if src_pfns or dst_pfns is dereferenced, the null pointer dereference bug will happen. Moreover, the device is going away. If the kcalloc() fails, the pages mapping a chunk could not be evicted. So add a __GFP_NOFAIL flag in kcalloc(). Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory, Switch kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid failing allocations.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected b2ef9f5a5cb37643ca5def3516c546457074b882 - < 1a21fdeea502658e315bd939409b755974f4fb64affected b2ef9f5a5cb37643ca5def3516c546457074b882 - < 65e528a69cb3ed4a286c45b4afba57461c8b5b33affected b2ef9f5a5cb37643ca5def3516c546457074b882 - < ce47e8ead9a72834cc68431d53f8092ce69bebb7affected b2ef9f5a5cb37643ca5def3516c546457074b882 - < 3b20d18f475bd17309db640dbe7d7c7ebb5bc2bcaffected b2ef9f5a5cb37643ca5def3516c546457074b882 - < c2af060d1c18beaec56351cf9c9bcbbc5af341a3 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.8unaffected 0 - < 5.8unaffected 6.1.93 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.33 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.8.12 - <= 6.8.*+2 more versions |
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