mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault The vma_lock and hugetlb_fault_mutex are dropped before handling userfault and reacquire them again after handle_userfault(), but reacquire the vma_lock could lead to UAF[1,2] due to the following race, hugetlb_fault hugetlb_no_page /*unlock vma_lock */ hugetlb_handle_userfault handle_userfault /* unlock mm->mmap_lock*/ vm_mmap_pgoff do_mmap mmap_region munmap_vma_range /* clean old vma */ /* lock vma_lock again <--- UAF */ /* unlock vma_lock */ Since the vma_lock will unlock immediately after hugetlb_handle_userfault(), let's drop the unneeded lock and unlock in hugetlb_handle_userfault() to fix the issue. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/000000000000d5e00a05e834962e@google.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220921014457.1668-1-liuzixian4@huawei.com/
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45c33966759ea1b4040c08dacda99ef623c0ca29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db2efb3bff879566f05341d94c3de00ac95c4cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd691973f67b2800a97db723b1ff6f07fdcf7f5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78504bcedb2f1bbfb353b4d233c24d641c4dda33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/958f32ce832ba781ac20e11bb2d12a9352ea28fc
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-55682
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-50630
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0225 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0170 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0128 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0108 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 1a1aad8a9b7bd34f60cdf98cd7915f00ae892c45 < 45c33966759ea1b4040c08dacda99ef623c0ca29 ; affected 1a1aad8a9b7bd34f60cdf98cd7915f00ae892c45 < 0db2efb3bff879566f05341d94c3de00ac95c4cc ; affected 1a1aad8a9b7bd34f60cdf98cd7915f00ae892c45 < dd691973f67b2800a97db723b1ff6f07fdcf7f5a ; affected 1a1aad8a9b7bd34f60cdf98cd7915f00ae892c45 < 78504bcedb2f1bbfb353b4d233c24d641c4dda33 ; affected 1a1aad8a9b7bd34f60cdf98cd7915f00ae892c45 < 958f32ce832ba781ac20e11bb2d12a9352ea28fc |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.11 ; unaffected 0 < 4.11 ; unaffected 5.10.150 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.75 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.19.17 ≤ 5.19.* ; unaffected 6.0.3 ≤ 6.0.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |