CVE-2024-40914

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40914
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40914.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-40914
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-07-12T12:24:58Z
Modified
2025-10-15T13:06:03.648872Z
Summary
mm/huge_memory: don't unpoison huge_zero_folio
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/hugememory: don't unpoison hugezero_folio

When I did memory failure tests recently, below panic occurs:

kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:1135! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 9 PID: 137 Comm: kswapd1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-00491-gd5ce28f156fe-dirty #14 RIP: 0010:shrinkhugezeropagescan+0x168/0x1a0 RSP: 0018:ffff9933c6c57bd0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 000000000000003e RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88f61fc5c9c8 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff88f61fc5c9c0 RBP: ffffcd7c446b0000 R08: ffffffff9a9405f0 R09: 0000000000005492 R10: 00000000000030ea R11: ffffffff9a9405f0 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88e703c4ac00 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88f61fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055f4da6e9878 CR3: 0000000c71048000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> doshrinkslab+0x14f/0x6a0 shrinkslab+0xca/0x8c0 shrinknode+0x2d0/0x7d0 balancepgdat+0x33a/0x720 kswapd+0x1f3/0x410 kthread+0xd5/0x100 retfromfork+0x2f/0x50 retfromforkasm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Modules linked in: mceinject hwpoisoninject ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- RIP: 0010:shrinkhugezeropagescan+0x168/0x1a0 RSP: 0018:ffff9933c6c57bd0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 000000000000003e RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88f61fc5c9c8 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff88f61fc5c9c0 RBP: ffffcd7c446b0000 R08: ffffffff9a9405f0 R09: 0000000000005492 R10: 00000000000030ea R11: ffffffff9a9405f0 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88e703c4ac00 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88f61fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055f4da6e9878 CR3: 0000000c71048000 CR4: 00000000000006f0

The root cause is that HWPoison flag will be set for hugezerofolio without increasing the folio refcnt. But then unpoisonmemory() will decrease the folio refcnt unexpectedly as it appears like a successfully hwpoisoned folio leading to VMBUGONPAGE(pagerefcount(page) == 0) when releasing hugezerofolio.

Skip unpoisoning hugezerofolio in unpoisonmemory() to fix this issue. We're not prepared to unpoison hugezero_folio yet.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
f8f836100fff594cea8a0a027affb9d5520f09a7
Fixed
688bb46ad339497b5b7f527b6636d2afe04b46af
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313
Fixed
b2494506f30675245a3e6787281f79601af087bf
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313
Fixed
0d73477af964dbd7396163a13817baf13940bca9
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313
Fixed
d72b7711919de49d92a67dfc844a6cf4c23dd794
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313
Fixed
fe6f86f4b40855a130a19aa589f9ba7f650423f4
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
13d9b8cd12f37d133b07ea5b323583e8a0c6b738

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.10.1
v5.10.10
v5.10.11
v5.10.12
v5.10.13
v5.10.14
v5.10.15
v5.10.16
v5.10.17
v5.10.18
v5.10.19
v5.10.2
v5.10.3
v5.10.4
v5.10.5
v5.10.6
v5.10.7
v5.10.8
v5.10.9
v5.11.1
v5.11.10
v5.11.11
v5.11.12
v5.11.13
v5.11.14
v5.11.15
v5.11.16
v5.11.17
v5.11.18
v5.11.19
v5.11.2
v5.11.20
v5.11.21
v5.11.3
v5.11.4
v5.11.5
v5.11.6
v5.11.7
v5.11.8
v5.11.9
v5.12.1
v5.12.10
v5.12.11
v5.12.12
v5.12.13
v5.12.14
v5.12.15
v5.12.16
v5.12.17
v5.12.18
v5.12.19
v5.12.2
v5.12.3
v5.12.4
v5.12.5
v5.12.6
v5.12.7
v5.12.8
v5.12.9
v5.13.1
v5.13.10
v5.13.11
v5.13.12
v5.13.13
v5.13.14
v5.13.15
v5.13.16
v5.13.17
v5.13.18
v5.13.2
v5.13.3
v5.13.4
v5.13.5
v5.13.6
v5.13.7
v5.13.8
v5.13.9
v5.14.1
v5.14.10
v5.14.11
v5.14.12
v5.14.13
v5.14.14
v5.14.15
v5.14.16
v5.14.17
v5.14.18
v5.14.19
v5.14.2
v5.14.20
v5.14.3
v5.14.4
v5.14.5
v5.14.6
v5.14.7
v5.14.8
v5.14.9
v5.15.1
v5.15.10
v5.15.100
v5.15.101
v5.15.102
v5.15.103
v5.15.104
v5.15.105
v5.15.106
v5.15.107
v5.15.108
v5.15.109
v5.15.11
v5.15.110
v5.15.111
v5.15.112
v5.15.113
v5.15.114
v5.15.115
v5.15.116
v5.15.117
v5.15.118
v5.15.119
v5.15.12
v5.15.120
v5.15.121
v5.15.122
v5.15.123
v5.15.124
v5.15.125
v5.15.126
v5.15.127
v5.15.128
v5.15.129
v5.15.13
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v5.15.132
v5.15.133
v5.15.134
v5.15.135
v5.15.136
v5.15.137
v5.15.138
v5.15.139
v5.15.14
v5.15.140
v5.15.141
v5.15.142
v5.15.143
v5.15.144
v5.15.145
v5.15.146
v5.15.147
v5.15.148
v5.15.149
v5.15.15
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.153
v5.15.154
v5.15.155
v5.15.156
v5.15.157
v5.15.158
v5.15.159
v5.15.16
v5.15.160
v5.15.161
v5.15.17
v5.15.18
v5.15.19
v5.15.2
v5.15.3
v5.15.4
v5.15.41
v5.15.42
v5.15.43
v5.15.44
v5.15.45
v5.15.46
v5.15.47
v5.15.48
v5.15.49
v5.15.5
v5.15.50
v5.15.51
v5.15.52
v5.15.53
v5.15.54
v5.15.55
v5.15.56
v5.15.57
v5.15.58
v5.15.59
v5.15.6
v5.15.60
v5.15.61
v5.15.62
v5.15.63
v5.15.64
v5.15.65
v5.15.66
v5.15.67
v5.15.68
v5.15.69
v5.15.7
v5.15.70
v5.15.71
v5.15.72
v5.15.73
v5.15.74
v5.15.75
v5.15.76
v5.15.77
v5.15.78
v5.15.79
v5.15.8
v5.15.80
v5.15.81
v5.15.82
v5.15.83
v5.15.84
v5.15.85
v5.15.86
v5.15.87
v5.15.88
v5.15.89
v5.15.9
v5.15.90
v5.15.91
v5.15.92
v5.15.93
v5.15.94
v5.15.95
v5.15.96
v5.15.97
v5.15.98
v5.15.99
v5.16.1
v5.16.10
v5.16.11
v5.16.12
v5.16.13
v5.16.14
v5.16.15
v5.16.16
v5.16.17
v5.16.18
v5.16.19
v5.16.2
v5.16.20
v5.16.3
v5.16.4
v5.16.5
v5.16.6
v5.16.7
v5.16.8
v5.16.9
v5.17.10
v5.17.11
v5.17.12
v5.17.13
v5.17.14
v5.17.15
v5.17.9
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.18.1
v5.18.10
v5.18.11
v5.18.12
v5.18.13
v5.18.14
v5.18.15
v5.18.16
v5.18.17
v5.18.18
v5.18.19
v5.18.2
v5.18.3
v5.18.4
v5.18.5
v5.18.6
v5.18.7
v5.18.8
v5.18.9
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.19.1
v5.19.10
v5.19.11
v5.19.12
v5.19.13
v5.19.14
v5.19.15
v5.19.16
v5.19.2
v5.19.3
v5.19.4
v5.19.5
v5.19.6
v5.19.7
v5.19.8
v5.19.9
v5.6.1
v5.6.10
v5.6.11
v5.6.12
v5.6.13
v5.6.14
v5.6.15
v5.6.16
v5.6.17
v5.6.18
v5.6.2
v5.6.3
v5.6.4
v5.6.5
v5.6.6
v5.6.7
v5.6.8
v5.6.9
v5.7.1
v5.7.10
v5.7.11
v5.7.12
v5.7.13
v5.7.14
v5.7.15
v5.7.16
v5.7.2
v5.7.3
v5.7.4
v5.7.5
v5.7.6
v5.7.7
v5.7.8
v5.7.9
v5.8.1
v5.8.10
v5.8.11
v5.8.12
v5.8.13
v5.8.14
v5.8.15
v5.8.16
v5.8.17
v5.8.18
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.8.4
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.7
v5.8.8
v5.8.9
v5.9.1
v5.9.10
v5.9.11
v5.9.12
v5.9.13
v5.9.14
v5.9.15
v5.9.16
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4
v5.9.5
v5.9.6
v5.9.7
v5.9.8
v5.9.9

v6.*

v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.0.1
v6.0.10
v6.0.11
v6.0.12
v6.0.13
v6.0.14
v6.0.15
v6.0.16
v6.0.17
v6.0.18
v6.0.2
v6.0.3
v6.0.4
v6.0.5
v6.0.6
v6.0.7
v6.0.8
v6.0.9
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
v6.1-rc2
v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.1.1
v6.1.10
v6.1.11
v6.1.12
v6.1.13
v6.1.14
v6.1.15
v6.1.16
v6.1.17
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.2
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.29
v6.1.3
v6.1.30
v6.1.31
v6.1.32
v6.1.33
v6.1.34
v6.1.35
v6.1.36
v6.1.37
v6.1.38
v6.1.39
v6.1.4
v6.1.40
v6.1.41
v6.1.42
v6.1.43
v6.1.44
v6.1.45
v6.1.46
v6.1.47
v6.1.48
v6.1.49
v6.1.5
v6.1.50
v6.1.51
v6.1.52
v6.1.53
v6.1.54
v6.1.55
v6.1.56
v6.1.57
v6.1.58
v6.1.59
v6.1.6
v6.1.60
v6.1.61
v6.1.62
v6.1.63
v6.1.64
v6.1.65
v6.1.66
v6.1.67
v6.1.68
v6.1.69
v6.1.7
v6.1.70
v6.1.71
v6.1.72
v6.1.73
v6.1.74
v6.1.75
v6.1.76
v6.1.77
v6.1.78
v6.1.79
v6.1.8
v6.1.80
v6.1.81
v6.1.82
v6.1.83
v6.1.84
v6.1.85
v6.1.86
v6.1.87
v6.1.88
v6.1.89
v6.1.9
v6.1.90
v6.1.91
v6.1.92
v6.1.93
v6.1.94
v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.10.1
v6.10.10
v6.10.11
v6.10.12
v6.10.13
v6.10.2
v6.10.3
v6.10.4
v6.10.5
v6.10.6
v6.10.7
v6.10.8
v6.10.9
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.11.1
v6.11.10
v6.11.11
v6.11.2
v6.11.3
v6.11.4
v6.11.5
v6.11.6
v6.11.7
v6.11.8
v6.11.9
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.10
v6.12.11
v6.12.12
v6.12.13
v6.12.14
v6.12.2
v6.12.3
v6.12.4
v6.12.5
v6.12.6
v6.12.7
v6.12.8
v6.12.9
v6.13
v6.13-rc1
v6.13-rc2
v6.13-rc3
v6.13-rc4
v6.13-rc5
v6.13-rc6
v6.13-rc7
v6.13.1
v6.13.10
v6.13.11
v6.13.12
v6.13.2
v6.13.3
v6.13.4
v6.13.5
v6.13.6
v6.13.7
v6.13.8
v6.13.9
v6.14
v6.14-rc1
v6.14-rc2
v6.14-rc3
v6.14-rc4
v6.14-rc5
v6.14-rc6
v6.14-rc7
v6.14.1
v6.14.10
v6.14.11
v6.14.2
v6.14.3
v6.14.4
v6.14.5
v6.14.6
v6.14.7
v6.14.8
v6.14.9
v6.15
v6.15-rc1
v6.15-rc2
v6.15-rc3
v6.15-rc4
v6.15-rc5
v6.15-rc6
v6.15-rc7
v6.15.1
v6.15.10
v6.15.11
v6.15.2
v6.15.3
v6.15.4
v6.15.5
v6.15.6
v6.15.7
v6.15.8
v6.15.9
v6.16
v6.16-rc1
v6.16-rc2
v6.16-rc3
v6.16-rc4
v6.16-rc5
v6.16-rc6
v6.16-rc7
v6.16.1
v6.16.10
v6.16.11
v6.16.12
v6.16.2
v6.16.3
v6.16.4
v6.16.5
v6.16.6
v6.16.7
v6.16.8
v6.16.9
v6.17
v6.17-rc1
v6.17-rc2
v6.17-rc3
v6.17-rc4
v6.17-rc5
v6.17-rc6
v6.17-rc7
v6.17.1
v6.17.2
v6.17.3
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.2.1
v6.2.10
v6.2.11
v6.2.12
v6.2.13
v6.2.14
v6.2.15
v6.2.2
v6.2.3
v6.2.4
v6.2.5
v6.2.6
v6.2.7
v6.2.8
v6.2.9
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.3.1
v6.3.10
v6.3.11
v6.3.12
v6.3.2
v6.3.3
v6.3.4
v6.3.5
v6.3.6
v6.3.7
v6.3.8
v6.3.9
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.4.1
v6.4.10
v6.4.11
v6.4.12
v6.4.13
v6.4.14
v6.4.15
v6.4.16
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6
v6.4.7
v6.4.8
v6.4.9
v6.5
v6.5-rc1
v6.5-rc2
v6.5-rc3
v6.5-rc4
v6.5-rc5
v6.5-rc6
v6.5-rc7
v6.5.1
v6.5.10
v6.5.11
v6.5.12
v6.5.13
v6.5.2
v6.5.3
v6.5.4
v6.5.5
v6.5.6
v6.5.7
v6.5.8
v6.5.9
v6.6
v6.6-rc1
v6.6-rc2
v6.6-rc3
v6.6-rc4
v6.6-rc5
v6.6-rc6
v6.6-rc7
v6.6.1
v6.6.10
v6.6.11
v6.6.12
v6.6.13
v6.6.14
v6.6.15
v6.6.16
v6.6.17
v6.6.18
v6.6.19
v6.6.2
v6.6.20
v6.6.21
v6.6.22
v6.6.23
v6.6.24
v6.6.25
v6.6.26
v6.6.27
v6.6.28
v6.6.29
v6.6.3
v6.6.30
v6.6.31
v6.6.32
v6.6.33
v6.6.34
v6.6.4
v6.6.5
v6.6.6
v6.6.7
v6.6.8
v6.6.9
v6.7
v6.7-rc1
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.7.1
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Database specific

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            "id": "CVE-2024-40914-35dc6cf4",
            "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git@fe6f86f4b40855a130a19aa589f9ba7f650423f4"
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            "id": "CVE-2024-40914-771da411",
            "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git@b2494506f30675245a3e6787281f79601af087bf"
        },
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            "id": "CVE-2024-40914-a9197ee4",
            "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git@0d73477af964dbd7396163a13817baf13940bca9"
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            "id": "CVE-2024-40914-ae83a674",
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        }
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}

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.162
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.95
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.18.0
Fixed
6.6.35
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.9.6