CVE-2024-50222

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iov_iter: fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() if KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP generic/077 on x86_32 CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP=y with highmem, on huge=always tmpfs, issues a warning and then hangs (interruptibly): WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 3517 at mm/highmem.c:622 kunmap_local_indexed+0x62/0xc9 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 3517 Comm: cp Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4 #2 ... copy_page_from_iter_atomic+0xa6/0x5ec generic_perform_write+0xf6/0x1b4 shmem_file_write_iter+0x54/0x67 Fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() by limiting it in that case (include/linux/skbuff.h skb_frag_must_loop() does similar). But going forward, perhaps CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP is too surprising, has outlived its usefulness, and should just be removed?

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability14. percentile0.2%
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 9, 2024
First seenNov 9, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.6.60, 6.11.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.6 ≤ v < 6.6.60, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.11.7, 6.126.6.60, 6.11.7

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