GHSA-HC4X-FM75-Q3WC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30
VLAI?
Details
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE)
Lack of check for copy-on-write (COW) mapping in drm_gem_shmem_mmap allows users to call mmap with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE flag causing a kernel panic due to BUG_ON in vmf_insert_pfn_prot: BUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) && is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags));
Return -EINVAL early if COW mapping is detected.
This bug affects all drm drivers using default shmem helpers. It can be reproduced by this simple example: void *ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, mmap_offset); ptr[0] = 0;
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-39497"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-617"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:12Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE)\n\nLack of check for copy-on-write (COW) mapping in drm_gem_shmem_mmap\nallows users to call mmap with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE flag\ncausing a kernel panic due to BUG_ON in vmf_insert_pfn_prot:\nBUG_ON((vma-\u003evm_flags \u0026 VM_PFNMAP) \u0026\u0026 is_cow_mapping(vma-\u003evm_flags));\n\nReturn -EINVAL early if COW mapping is detected.\n\nThis bug affects all drm drivers using default shmem helpers.\nIt can be reproduced by this simple example:\nvoid *ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, mmap_offset);\nptr[0] = 0;",
"id": "GHSA-hc4x-fm75-q3wc",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:51Z",
"published": "2024-07-12T15:31:26Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c71c42809ef4b17f5d874cdb2d3bf40e847b86"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b4a8b89bf6787090b56424d269bf84ba00c3263"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39bc27bd688066a63e56f7f64ad34fae03fbe3b8"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae63a8c1685e16958560ec08d30defdc5b9cca0"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a508a102edf8735adc9bb73d37dd13c38d1a1b10"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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}
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