CVE-2024-42233
Published: Aug 7, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filemap: replace pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock() The vmf->ptl in filemap_fault_recheck_pte_none() is still set from handle_pte_fault(). But at the same time, we did a pte_unmap(vmf->pte). After a pte_unmap(vmf->pte) unmap and rcu_read_unlock(), the page table may be racily changed and vmf->ptl maybe fails to protect the actual page table. Fix this by replacing pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock(). As David said, the PTL pointer might be stale so if we continue to use it infilemap_fault_recheck_pte_none(), it might trigger UAF. Also, if the PTL fails, the issue fixed by commit 58f327f2ce80 ("filemap: avoid unnecessary major faults in filemap_fault()") might reappear.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 58f327f2ce80f9c7b4a70e9cf017ae8810d44a20 - < 6a6c2aec1a89506595801b4cf7e8eef035f33748affected 58f327f2ce80f9c7b4a70e9cf017ae8810d44a20 - < 24be02a42181f0707be0498045c4c4b13273b16d |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.9unaffected 0 - < 6.9unaffected 6.9.10 - <= 6.9.*unaffected 6.10 - <= * |
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