CVE-2021-47214

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47214
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-47214.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-47214
Related
Published
2024-04-10T19:15:48Z
Modified
2024-09-11T02:00:07Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

hugetlb, userfaultfd: fix reservation restore on userfaultfd error

Currently in the iscontinue case in hugetlbmcopyatomicpte(), if we bail out using "goto outreleaseunlock;" in the cases where idx >= size, or !hugeptenone(), the code will detect that newpagecachepage == false, and so call restorereserveonerror(). In this case I see restorereserveonerror() delete the reservation, and the following call to removeinodehugepages() will increment h->resv_hugepages causing a 100% reproducible leak.

We should treat the iscontinue case similar to adding a page into the pagecache and set newpagecachepage to true, to indicate that there is no reservation to restore on the error path, and we need not call restorereserveonerror(). Rename newpagecachepage to pageinpagecache to make that clear.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}