CVE-2024-26943
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CVE-2024-26943 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/dmem: handle kcalloc() allocation failure The kcalloc() in nouveau_dmem_evict_chunk() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference src_pfns, dst_pfns or dma_addrs, the null pointer dereference bugs will happen. Moreover, the GPU is going away. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/dmem: handle kcalloc() allocation failure The kcalloc() in nouveau_dmem_evict_chunk() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference src_pfns, dst_pfns or dma_addrs, the null pointer dereference bugs will happen. Moreover, the GPU is going away. If the kcalloc() fails, we could not evict all pages mapping a chunk. So this patch adds a __GFP_NOFAIL flag in kcalloc(). Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory, this patch switches kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid failing allocations.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.1, < 6.1.84 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.24 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.7.12 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.8, < 6.8.3 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.9 | Rc1 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e87fe23d4af6df920406494ced5c0f4354567bMailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a84744a037b8a511d6a9055f3defddc28ff4a4dMailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e82f7383e0b82a835e6b6b06a348b2bc4e2c2eeMailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e81773757a95fc298e96cfd6d4700f07b6192a2Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9acfd8b083a0ffbd387566800d89f55058a68af2Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e87fe23d4af6df920406494ced5c0f4354567bMailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a84744a037b8a511d6a9055f3defddc28ff4a4dMailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e82f7383e0b82a835e6b6b06a348b2bc4e2c2eeMailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e81773757a95fc298e96cfd6d4700f07b6192a2Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9acfd8b083a0ffbd387566800d89f55058a68af2Mailing List, Patch
Timeline
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