Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hugetlb, userfaultfd: fix reservation restore on userfaultfd error
Currently in the is_continue case in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte(), if we bail out using "goto out_release_unlock;" in the cases where idx >= size, or !huge_pte_none(), the code will detect that new_pagecache_page == false, and so call restore_reserve_on_error(). In this case I see restore_reserve_on_error() delete the reservation, and the following call to remove_inode_hugepages() will increment h->resv_hugepages causing a 100% reproducible leak.
We should treat the is_continue case similar to adding a page into the pagecache and set new_pagecache_page to true, to indicate that there is no reservation to restore on the error path, and we need not call restore_reserve_on_error(). Rename new_pagecache_page to page_in_pagecache to make that clear.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= c7b1850dfb41d0b4154aca8dbc04777fbd75616f, < b5069d44e2fbc4a9093d005b3ef0949add3dd27e; >= c7b1850dfb41d0b4154aca8dbc04777fbd75616f, < cc30042df6fcc82ea18acf0dace831503e60a0b7; 515b6124df6a84c957c5cc6bb6e8309dae7b1e9c; >= 5.13.13, < 5.14 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.14 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5069d44e2fbc4a9093d005b3ef0949add3dd27ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc30042df6fcc82ea18acf0dace831503e60a0b7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5069d44e2fbc4a9093d005b3ef0949add3dd27ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc30042df6fcc82ea18acf0dace831503e60a0b7Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 10, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed