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CVE-2024-42316

· Published 17/08/2024 09:15 · Modified 22/08/2024 15:52

Labels: CVE-2024-42316 2024-08-17416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67CVE-2024-42316CWE-369

Essential information

Published
17/08/2024 09:15
Modified
22/08/2024 15:52
Author
Creator
CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS metrics

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mglru: fix div-by-zero in vmpressure_calc_level() evict_folios() uses a second pass to reclaim folios that have gone through page writeback and become clean before it finishes the first pass, since folio_rotate_reclaimable() cannot handle those folios due to the isolation. The second pass tries to avoid potential double counting by deducting scan_control->nr_scanned. However, this can result in underflow of nr_scanned, under a condition where shrink_folio_list() does not increment nr_scanned, i.e., when folio_trylock() fails. The underflow can cause the divisor, i.e., scale=scanned+reclaimed in vmpressure_calc_level(), to become zero, resulting in the following crash: [exception RIP: vmpressure_work_fn+101] process_one_work at ffffffffa3313f2b Since scan_control->nr_scanned has no established semantics, the potential double counting has minimal risks. Therefore, fix the problem by not deducting scan_control->nr_scanned in evict_folios().

NVD status

Status
Analyzed — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
linux / linux kernel cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux / linux kernel cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux / linux kernel cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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