mm: cachestat: fix folio read-after-free in cache walk (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 23 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: cachestat: fix folio read-after-free in cache walk In cachestat, we access the folio from the page cache's xarray to compute its page offset, and check for its dirty and writeback flags. However, we do not hold a reference to the folio before performing these actions, which means the folio can concurrently be released and reused as another folio/page/slab. Get around this altogether by just using xarray's existing machinery for the folio page offsets and dirty/writeback states. This changes behavior for tmpfs files to now always report zeroes in their dirty and writeback counters. This is okay as tmpfs doesn't follow conventional writeback cache behavior: its pages get "cleaned" during swapout, after which they're no longer resident etc.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-416 — Use After Free
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-23892
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-26630
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0018 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper Networks · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0777 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.5 < 6.6.21cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.7.9cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected cf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11a < ba60fdf75e89ea762bb617be578dc47f27655117 ; affected cf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11a < fe7e008e0ce728252e4ec652cceebcc62211657c ; affected cf264e1329fb0307e044f7675849f9f38b44c11a < 3a75cb05d53f4a6823a32deb078de1366954a804 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.5 ; unaffected 0 < 6.5 ; unaffected 6.6.21 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.7.9 ≤ 6.7.* ; unaffected 6.8 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |