CVE-2024-39477

mm/hugetlb: do not call vma_add_reservation upon ENOMEM

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 5, 2024 at 06:55 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: do not call vma_add_reservation upon ENOMEM sysbot reported a splat [1] on __unmap_hugepage_range(). This is because vma_needs_reservation() can return -ENOMEM if allocate_file_region_entries() fails to allocate the file_region struct for the reservation. Check for that and do not call vma_add_reservation() if that is the case, otherwise region_abort() and region_del() will see that we do not have any file_regions. If we detect that vma_needs_reservation() returned -ENOMEM, we clear the hugetlb_restore_reserve flag as if this reservation was still consumed, so free_huge_folio() will not increment the resv count. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/T/#ma5983bc1ab18a54910da83416b3f89f3c7ee43aa

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.9 ≤ v < 6.106.9 ≤ v < 6.9.56.10.0 rc16.10.0 rc2df7a6d1f64056aec572162c5d35ed9ff86ece6f3
Vendor states this is fixed in 8daf9c702ee7f825f0de8600abff764acfedea13 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aa998f9dcb34c28448f86e8f5490f20d5eb0eac7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9.5 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8daf9c702ee7f825f0de8600abff764acfedea13
Mailing ListPatch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa998f9dcb34c28448f86e8f5490f20d5eb0eac7

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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