Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_table_check: fix crash on ZONE_DEVICE Not all pages may apply to pgtable check. One example is ZONE_DEVICE pages: they map PFNs directly, and they don't allocate page_ext at all even if there's struct page around. One may reference devm_memremap_pages(). When both ZONE_DEVICE and page-table-check enabled, then try to map some dax memories, one can trigger kernel bug constantly now when the kernel was trying to inject some pfn maps on the dax device: kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:55! While it's pretty legal to use set_pxx_at() for ZONE_DEVICE pages for page fault resolutions, skip all the checks if page_ext doesn't even exist in pgtable checker, which applies to ZONE_DEVICE but maybe more.
INFO
Published Date :
2024-07-12T12:31:53.478Z
Last Modified :
2025-11-03T21:58:15.639Z
Source :
Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-40948 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Linux |
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| Redhat |
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