CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-41032

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the vmalloc memory manager has an issue with hash indexing when cpu_possible_mask has gaps (e.g., on SPARC). The addr_to_vb_xa() function can return an index that accesses a non-existent CPU area, causing an oops.

Risk Assessment

System crash (oops) on architectures with gaps in cpu_possible_mask, potentially leading to system unavailability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: vmalloc: check if a hash-index is in cpu_possible_mask The problem is that there are systems where cpu_possible_mask has gaps between set CPUs, for example SPARC. In this scenario addr_to_vb_xa() hash function can return an index which accesses to not-possible and not setup CPU area using per_cpu() macro. This results in an oops on SPARC. A per-cpu vmap_block_queue is also used as hash table, incorrectly assuming the cpu_possible_mask has no gaps. Fix it by adjusting an index to a next possible CPU.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS