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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-36891

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 5/30/2024 12:15:12 PM

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Added Description

								
							
							
						
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

maple_tree: fix mas_empty_area_rev() null pointer dereference

Currently the code calls mas_start() followed by mas_data_end() if the
maple state is MA_START, but mas_start() may return with the maple state
node == NULL.  This will lead to a null pointer dereference when checking
information in the NULL node, which is done in mas_data_end().

Avoid setting the offset if there is no node by waiting until after the
maple state is checked for an empty or single entry state.

A user could trigger the events to cause a kernel oops by unmapping all
vmas to produce an empty maple tree, then mapping a vma that would cause
the scenario described above.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c9c7c1e63b198a8b979ad963eb21410f10ccb00 [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/955a923d2809803980ff574270f81510112be9cf [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3956791cf526540addd3295e4c1e0f0442486cc [No types assigned]