Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
highmem: fix checks in __kmap_local_sched_{in,out}
When CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL is enabled __kmap_local_sched_{in,out} check that even slots in the tsk->kmap_ctrl.pteval are unmapped. The slots are initialized with 0 value, but the check is done with pte_none. 0 pte however does not necessarily mean that pte_none will return true. e.g. on xtensa it returns false, resulting in the following runtime warnings:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 101 at mm/highmem.c:627 __kmap_local_sched_out+0x51/0x108 CPU: 0 PID: 101 Comm: touch Not tainted 5.17.0-rc7-00010-gd3a1cdde80d2-dirty #13 Call Trace: dump_stack+0xc/0x40 __warn+0x8f/0x174 warn_slowpath_fmt+0x48/0xac __kmap_local_sched_out+0x51/0x108 __schedule+0x71a/0x9c4 preempt_schedule_irq+0xa0/0xe0 common_exception_return+0x5c/0x93 do_wp_page+0x30e/0x330 handle_mm_fault+0xa70/0xc3c do_page_fault+0x1d8/0x3c4 common_exception+0x7f/0x7f
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 101 at mm/highmem.c:664 __kmap_local_sched_in+0x50/0xe0 CPU: 0 PID: 101 Comm: touch Tainted: G W 5.17.0-rc7-00010-gd3a1cdde80d2-dirty #13 Call Trace: dump_stack+0xc/0x40 __warn+0x8f/0x174 warn_slowpath_fmt+0x48/0xac __kmap_local_sched_in+0x50/0xe0 finish_task_switch$isra$0+0x1ce/0x2f8 __schedule+0x86e/0x9c4 preempt_schedule_irq+0xa0/0xe0 common_exception_return+0x5c/0x93 do_wp_page+0x30e/0x330 handle_mm_fault+0xa70/0xc3c do_page_fault+0x1d8/0x3c4 common_exception+0x7f/0x7f
Fix it by replacing !pte_none(pteval) with pte_val(pteval) != 0.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 5fbda3ecd14a5343644979c98d6eb65b7e7de9d8, < c21d040de6225414547d9bd31cd200f290991c85; >= 5fbda3ecd14a5343644979c98d6eb65b7e7de9d8, < 85550b0f5fa5dd3c30469ea702c44444ef242c83; >= 5fbda3ecd14a5343644979c98d6eb65b7e7de9d8, < 7dd5b3b97716a611fcf67d92fd2370fcb8d50372; >= 5fbda3ecd14a5343644979c98d6eb65b7e7de9d8, < 66f133ceab7456c789f70a242991ed1b27ba1c3d |
| Linux | Linux | 5.11 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f133ceab7456c789f70a242991ed1b27ba1c3dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd5b3b97716a611fcf67d92fd2370fcb8d50372Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85550b0f5fa5dd3c30469ea702c44444ef242c83Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c21d040de6225414547d9bd31cd200f290991c85Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed