CVE-2021-47491

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: khugepaged: skip huge page collapse for special files The read-only THP for filesystems will collapse THP for files opened readonly and mapped with VM_EXEC. The intended usecase is to avoid TLB misses for large text segments. But it doesn't restrict the file types so a THP could be collapsed for a non-regular file, for example, block device, if it is opened readonly and mapped with EXEC permission. This may cause bugs, like [1] and [2]. This is definitely not the intended usecase, so just collapse THP for regular files in order to close the attack surface. [[email protected]: fix vm_file check [3]]

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 22, 2024
First seenMay 22, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.78, 5.14.16 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.4 ≤ v < 5.10.78, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.14.16, 5.155.10.78, 5.14.16

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