In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/gup: handle NULL pages in unpin_user_pages()
The recent addition of "pofs" (pages or folios) handling to gup has a
flaw: it assumes that unpin_user_pages() handles NULL pages in the pages**
array. That's not the case, as I discovered when I ran on a new
configuration on my test machine.
Fix this by skipping NULL pages in unpin_user_pages(), just like
unpin_folios() already does.
Details: when booting on x86 with "numa=fake=2 movablecore=4G" on Linux
6.12, and running this:
tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm
...I get the following crash:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
RIP: 0010:sanity_check_pinned_pages+0x3a/0x2d0
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __die_body+0x66/0xb0
? page_fault_oops+0x30c/0x3b0
? do_user_addr_fault+0x6c3/0x720
? irqentry_enter+0x34/0x60
? exc_page_fault+0x68/0x100
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
? sanity_check_pinned_pages+0x3a/0x2d0
unpin_user_pages+0x24/0xe0
check_and_migrate_movable_pages_or_folios+0x455/0x4b0
__gup_longterm_locked+0x3bf/0x820
? mmap_read_lock_killable+0x12/0x50
? __pfx_mmap_read_lock_killable+0x10/0x10
pin_user_pages+0x66/0xa0
gup_test_ioctl+0x358/0xb20
__se_sys_ioctl+0x6b/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x150
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
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Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/gup: handle NULL pages in unpin_user_pages() The recent addition of "pofs" (pages or folios) handling to gup has a flaw: it assumes that unpin_user_pages() handles NULL pages in the pages** array. That's not the case, as I discovered when I ran on a new configuration on my test machine. Fix this by skipping NULL pages in unpin_user_pages(), just like unpin_folios() already does. Details: when booting on x86 with "numa=fake=2 movablecore=4G" on Linux 6.12, and running this: tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm ...I get the following crash: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 RIP: 0010:sanity_check_pinned_pages+0x3a/0x2d0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x66/0xb0 ? page_fault_oops+0x30c/0x3b0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x6c3/0x720 ? irqentry_enter+0x34/0x60 ? exc_page_fault+0x68/0x100 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? sanity_check_pinned_pages+0x3a/0x2d0 unpin_user_pages+0x24/0xe0 check_and_migrate_movable_pages_or_folios+0x455/0x4b0 __gup_longterm_locked+0x3bf/0x820 ? mmap_read_lock_killable+0x12/0x50 ? __pfx_mmap_read_lock_killable+0x10/0x10 pin_user_pages+0x66/0xa0 gup_test_ioctl+0x358/0xb20 __se_sys_ioctl+0x6b/0xc0 do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x150 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e | |
Title | mm/gup: handle NULL pages in unpin_user_pages() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-12-27T14:51:17.150Z
Updated: 2025-01-20T06:24:09.114Z
Reserved: 2024-12-27T14:03:06.013Z
Link: CVE-2024-56612

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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-12-27T15:15:20.687
Modified: 2025-01-08T16:44:20.777
Link: CVE-2024-56612
