CVE-2024-57881

MEDIUM EPSS 6.9%
Published Jan 11, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jan 11, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_alloc: don't call pfn_to_page() on possibly non-existent PFN in split_large_buddy() In split_large_buddy(), we might call pfn_to_page() on a PFN that might not exist. In corner cases, such as when freeing the highest pageblock in the last memory section, this could result with CONFIG_SPARSEMEM && !CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME in __pfn_to_section() returning NULL and and __section_mem_map_addr() dereferencing that NULL pointer. Let's fix it, and avoid doing a pfn_to_page() call for the first iteration, where we already have the page. So far this was found by code inspection, but let's just CC stable as the fix is easy.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.10  –  <6.12.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.13any
linuxlinux_kernel6.13any
linuxlinux_kernel6.13any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4234ca9884bcae9e48ed38652d91696ad5cd591d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faeec8e23c10bd30e8aa759a2eb3018dae00f924
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4234ca9884bcae9e48ed38652d91696ad5cd591d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faeec8e23c10bd30e8aa759a2eb3018dae00f924
    Patch