CVE-2024-26850 mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix BUG_ON with pud advanced test
A kernel bug in debug VM pgtable tests causes a system crash on PowerPC architectures when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
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What is CVE-2024-26850?
CVE-2024-26850 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix BUG_ON with pud advanced test
Architectures like powerpc add debug checks to ensure we find only devmap PUD pte entries. These debug checks are only done with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM. This patch marks the ptes used for PUD advanced test devmap pte entries so that we don't hit on debug checks on architecture like ppc64 as below.
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c:1382 radix__pud_hugepage_update+0x38/0x138 .... NIP [c0000000000a7004] radix__pud_hugepage_update+0x38/0x138 LR [c0000000000a77a8] radix__pudp_huge_get_and_clear+0x28/0x60 Call Trace: [c000000004a2f950] [c000000004a2f9a0] 0xc000000004a2f9a0 (unreliable) [c000000004a2f980] [000d34c100000000] 0xd34c100000000 [c000000004a2f9a0] [c00000000206ba98] pud_advanced_tests+0x118/0x334 [c000000004a2fa40] [c00000000206db34] debug_vm_pgtable+0xcbc/0x1c48 [c000000004a2fc10] [c00000000000fd28] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x388
Also
kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c:202! ....
NIP [c000000000096510] pudp_huge_get_and_clear_full+0x98/0x174 LR [c00000000206bb34] pud_advanced_tests+0x1b4/0x334 Call Trace: [c000000004a2f950] [000d34c100000000] 0xd34c100000000 (unreliable) [c000000004a2f9a0] [c00000000206bb34] pud_advanced_tests+0x1b4/0x334 [c000000004a2fa40] [c00000000206db34] debug_vm_pgtable+0xcbc/0x1c48 [c000000004a2fc10] [c00000000000fd28] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x388
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26850?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26850?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-26850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26850, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26850, GHSA-cpf6-9p2g-chcq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26850.