GHSA-H9FH-4377-WFQ4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-05 09:33 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/vmalloc: fix vmalloc which may return null if called with __GFP_NOFAIL

commit a421ef303008 ("mm: allow !GFP_KERNEL allocations for kvmalloc") includes support for __GFP_NOFAIL, but it presents a conflict with commit dd544141b9eb ("vmalloc: back off when the current task is OOM-killed"). A possible scenario is as follows:

process-a __vmalloc_node_range(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL) __vmalloc_area_node() vm_area_alloc_pages() --> oom-killer send SIGKILL to process-a if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) break; --> return NULL;

To fix this, do not check fatal_signal_pending() in vm_area_alloc_pages() if __GFP_NOFAIL set.

This issue occurred during OPLUS KASAN TEST. Below is part of the log -> oom-killer sends signal to process [65731.222840] [ T1308] oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/apps/uid_10198,task=gs.intelligence,pid=32454,uid=10198

[65731.259685] [T32454] Call trace: [65731.259698] [T32454] dump_backtrace+0xf4/0x118 [65731.259734] [T32454] show_stack+0x18/0x24 [65731.259756] [T32454] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x7c [65731.259781] [T32454] dump_stack+0x18/0x38 [65731.259800] [T32454] mrdump_common_die+0x250/0x39c [mrdump] [65731.259936] [T32454] ipanic_die+0x20/0x34 [mrdump] [65731.260019] [T32454] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xb4/0xfc [65731.260047] [T32454] notify_die+0x114/0x198 [65731.260073] [T32454] die+0xf4/0x5b4 [65731.260098] [T32454] die_kernel_fault+0x80/0x98 [65731.260124] [T32454] __do_kernel_fault+0x160/0x2a8 [65731.260146] [T32454] do_bad_area+0x68/0x148 [65731.260174] [T32454] do_mem_abort+0x151c/0x1b34 [65731.260204] [T32454] el1_abort+0x3c/0x5c [65731.260227] [T32454] el1h_64_sync_handler+0x54/0x90 [65731.260248] [T32454] el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c

[65731.260269] [T32454] z_erofs_decompress_queue+0x7f0/0x2258 --> be->decompressed_pages = kvcalloc(be->nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL); kernel panic by NULL pointer dereference. erofs assume kvmalloc with __GFP_NOFAIL never return NULL. [65731.260293] [T32454] z_erofs_runqueue+0xf30/0x104c [65731.260314] [T32454] z_erofs_readahead+0x4f0/0x968 [65731.260339] [T32454] read_pages+0x170/0xadc [65731.260364] [T32454] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x874/0xf30 [65731.260388] [T32454] page_cache_ra_order+0x24c/0x714 [65731.260411] [T32454] filemap_fault+0xbf0/0x1a74 [65731.260437] [T32454] __do_fault+0xd0/0x33c [65731.260462] [T32454] handle_mm_fault+0xf74/0x3fe0 [65731.260486] [T32454] do_mem_abort+0x54c/0x1b34 [65731.260509] [T32454] el0_da+0x44/0x94 [65731.260531] [T32454] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x98/0xb4 [65731.260553] [T32454] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-39474"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-05T07:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vmalloc: fix vmalloc which may return null if called with __GFP_NOFAIL\n\ncommit a421ef303008 (\"mm: allow !GFP_KERNEL allocations for kvmalloc\")\nincludes support for __GFP_NOFAIL, but it presents a conflict with commit\ndd544141b9eb (\"vmalloc: back off when the current task is OOM-killed\").  A\npossible scenario is as follows:\n\nprocess-a\n__vmalloc_node_range(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL)\n    __vmalloc_area_node()\n        vm_area_alloc_pages()\n\t\t--\u003e oom-killer send SIGKILL to process-a\n        if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) break;\n--\u003e return NULL;\n\nTo fix this, do not check fatal_signal_pending() in vm_area_alloc_pages()\nif __GFP_NOFAIL set.\n\nThis issue occurred during OPLUS KASAN TEST. Below is part of the log\n-\u003e oom-killer sends signal to process\n[65731.222840] [ T1308] oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/apps/uid_10198,task=gs.intelligence,pid=32454,uid=10198\n\n[65731.259685] [T32454] Call trace:\n[65731.259698] [T32454]  dump_backtrace+0xf4/0x118\n[65731.259734] [T32454]  show_stack+0x18/0x24\n[65731.259756] [T32454]  dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x7c\n[65731.259781] [T32454]  dump_stack+0x18/0x38\n[65731.259800] [T32454]  mrdump_common_die+0x250/0x39c [mrdump]\n[65731.259936] [T32454]  ipanic_die+0x20/0x34 [mrdump]\n[65731.260019] [T32454]  atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xb4/0xfc\n[65731.260047] [T32454]  notify_die+0x114/0x198\n[65731.260073] [T32454]  die+0xf4/0x5b4\n[65731.260098] [T32454]  die_kernel_fault+0x80/0x98\n[65731.260124] [T32454]  __do_kernel_fault+0x160/0x2a8\n[65731.260146] [T32454]  do_bad_area+0x68/0x148\n[65731.260174] [T32454]  do_mem_abort+0x151c/0x1b34\n[65731.260204] [T32454]  el1_abort+0x3c/0x5c\n[65731.260227] [T32454]  el1h_64_sync_handler+0x54/0x90\n[65731.260248] [T32454]  el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c\n\n[65731.260269] [T32454]  z_erofs_decompress_queue+0x7f0/0x2258\n--\u003e be-\u003edecompressed_pages = kvcalloc(be-\u003enr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);\n\tkernel panic by NULL pointer dereference.\n\terofs assume kvmalloc with __GFP_NOFAIL never return NULL.\n[65731.260293] [T32454]  z_erofs_runqueue+0xf30/0x104c\n[65731.260314] [T32454]  z_erofs_readahead+0x4f0/0x968\n[65731.260339] [T32454]  read_pages+0x170/0xadc\n[65731.260364] [T32454]  page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x874/0xf30\n[65731.260388] [T32454]  page_cache_ra_order+0x24c/0x714\n[65731.260411] [T32454]  filemap_fault+0xbf0/0x1a74\n[65731.260437] [T32454]  __do_fault+0xd0/0x33c\n[65731.260462] [T32454]  handle_mm_fault+0xf74/0x3fe0\n[65731.260486] [T32454]  do_mem_abort+0x54c/0x1b34\n[65731.260509] [T32454]  el0_da+0x44/0x94\n[65731.260531] [T32454]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x98/0xb4\n[65731.260553] [T32454]  el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c",
  "id": "GHSA-h9fh-4377-wfq4",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:50Z",
  "published": "2024-07-05T09:33:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39474"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/198a80833e3421d4c9820a4ae907120adf598c91"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758678b65164b2158fc1de411092191cb3c394d4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0545c83d672750632f46e3f9ad95c48c91a0fc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c55d3564ad25ce87ab7cc6af251f9574faebd8da"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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