CVE-2024-42233

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42233
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42233.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-42233
Downstream
Published
2024-08-07T15:14:23Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:48Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
filemap: replace pte_offset_map() with pte_offset_map_nolock()
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42233.json"
}
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
58f327f2ce80f9c7b4a70e9cf017ae8810d44a20
Fixed
6a6c2aec1a89506595801b4cf7e8eef035f33748
Fixed
24be02a42181f0707be0498045c4c4b13273b16d

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42233.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.9.0
Fixed
6.9.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42233.json"