# CVE-2024-26947: ARM: 9359/1: flush: check if the folio is reserved for no-mapping addresses

> A missing check for reserved folios in the ARM cache flush routine causes a kernel crash when mapping specific UIO memory regions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-67481, BELL-CVE-2024-26947, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26947, GHSA-xqwg-gh2q-g24c, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-26947, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-26947, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26947

## What is CVE-2024-26947?

CVE-2024-26947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

ARM: 9359/1: flush: check if the folio is reserved for no-mapping addresses

Since commit a4d5613c4dc6 ("arm: extend pfn_valid to take into account
freed memory map alignment") changes the semantics of pfn_valid() to check
presence of the memory map for a PFN. A valid page for an address which
is reserved but not mapped by the kernel[1], the system crashed during
some uio test with the following memory layout:

 node   0: [mem 0x00000000c0a00000-0x00000000cc8fffff]
 node   0: [mem 0x00000000d0000000-0x00000000da1fffff]
 the uio layout is：0xc0900000, 0x100000

the crash backtrace like:

  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address bff00000
  [...]
  CPU: 1 PID: 465 Comm: startapp.bin Tainted: G           O      5.10.0 #1
  Hardware name: Generic DT based system
  PC is at b15_flush_kern_dcache_area+0x24/0x3c
  LR is at __sync_icache_dcache+0x6c/0x98
  [...]
   (b15_flush_kern_dcache_area) from (__sync_icache_dcache+0x6c/0x98)
   (__sync_icache_dcache) from (set_pte_at+0x28/0x54)
   (set_pte_at) from (remap_pfn_range+0x1a0/0x274)
   (remap_pfn_range) from (uio_mmap+0x184/0x1b8 [uio])
   (uio_mmap [uio]) from (__mmap_region+0x264/0x5f4)
   (__mmap_region) from (__do_mmap_mm+0x3ec/0x440)
   (__do_mmap_mm) from (do_mmap+0x50/0x58)
   (do_mmap) from (vm_mmap_pgoff+0xfc/0x188)
   (vm_mmap_pgoff) from (ksys_mmap_pgoff+0xac/0xc4)
   (ksys_mmap_pgoff) from (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x5c)
  Code: e0801001 e2423001 e1c00003 f57ff04f (ee070f3e)
  ---[ end trace 09cf0734c3805d52 ]---
  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

So check if PG_reserved was set to solve this issue.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Zbtdue57RO0QScJM@linux.ibm.com/

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26947?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26947?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26947 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26947 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26947 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26947 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26947/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26947/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26947
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26947
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26947

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