Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid() Commit 5ec8e8ea8b77 ("mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage") changed pfn_section_valid() to add a READ_ONCE() call around "ms->usage" to fix a race with section_deactivate() where ms->usage can be cleared. The READ_ONCE() call, by itself, is not enough to prevent NULL pointer dereference. We need to check its value before dereferencing it.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-07-29T14:32:10.672Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T21:59:54.292Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-41055 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Rhel E4s
  • Rhel Eus

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