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CVE-2021-47463 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/secretmem: fix NULL page->mapping dereference in page_is_secretmem() Check for a NULL page->mapping before dereferencing the mapping in page_is_secretmem(), as the page's mapping can be nullified while gup() is running, e.g. by reclaim or truncation. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000068 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 6 PID: 4173897 Comm: CPU 3/KVM Tainted: G W RIP: 0010:internal_get_user_pages_fast+0x621/0x9d0 Code: <48> 81 7a 68 80 08 04 bc 0f 85 21 ff ff 8 89 c7 be RSP: 0018:ffffaa90087679b0 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: ffffe3f37905b900 RBX: 00007f2dd561e000 RCX: ffffe3f37905b934 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffe3f37905b900 ... CR2: 0000000000000068 CR3: 00000004c5898003 CR4: 00000000001726e0 Call Trace: get_user_pages_fast_only+0x13/0x20 hva_to_pfn+0xa9/0x3e0 try_async_pf+0xa1/0x270 direct_page_fault+0x113/0xad0 kvm_mmu_page_fault+0x69/0x680 vmx_handle_exit+0xe1/0x5d0 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xd81/0x1c70 kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x267/0x670 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79f9bc5843142b649575f887dccdf1c07ad75c20
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b77ba1e02345bafd703f0d407bdbd88c3be1f767

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-47463
NVD Published Date:
05/22/2024
NVD Last Modified:
05/22/2024
Source:
kernel.org