5.5

CVE-2024-38543

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

lib/test_hmm.c: handle src_pfns and dst_pfns allocation failure

The kcalloc() in dmirror_device_evict_chunk() will return null if the
physical memory has run out.  As a result, if src_pfns or dst_pfns is
dereferenced, the null pointer dereference bug will happen.

Moreover, the device is going away.  If the kcalloc() fails, the pages
mapping a chunk could not be evicted.  So add a __GFP_NOFAIL flag in
kcalloc().

Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory, Switch
kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid failing allocations.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.8 < 6.1.93
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.33
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.8.12
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.9 < 6.9.3
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.007
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.