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TI-2024-28231 Aliases CVE-2024-42241GHSA-m4qj-p3wv-ph7c

mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed

Priority LOW 24CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/shmem: disable PMD-sized page cache if needed For shmem files, it's possible that PMD-sized page cache can't be supported by xarray. For example, 512MB page cache on ARM64 when the base page size is 64KB can't be supported by xarray. It leads to errors as the following messages indicate when this sort of xarray entry is split. WARNING: CPU: 34 PID: 7578 at lib/xarray.c:1025 xas_split_alloc+0xf8/0x128 Modules linked in: binfmt_misc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 \ nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject \ nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 \ ip_set rfkill nf_tables nfnetlink vfat fat virtio_balloon drm fuse xfs \ libcrc32c crct10dif_ce ghash_ce sha2_ce sha256_arm64 sha1_ce virtio_net \ net_failover virtio_console virtio_blk failover dimlib virtio_mmio CPU: 34 PID: 7578 Comm: test Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc5-gavin+ #9 Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20240524-1.el9 05/24/2024 pstate: 83400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : xas_split_alloc+0xf8/0x128 lr : split_huge_page_to_list_to_order+0x1c4/0x720 sp : ffff8000882af5f0 x29: ffff8000882af5f0 x28: ffff8000882af650 x27: ffff8000882af768 x26: 0000000000000cc0 x25: 000000000000000d x24: ffff00010625b858 x23: ffff8000882af650 x22: ffffffdfc0900000 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffffdfc0900000 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000018000000000 x15: 52f8004000000000 x14: 0000e00000000000 x13: 0000000000002000 x12: 0000000000000020 x11: 52f8000000000000 x10: 52f8e1c0ffff6000 x9 : ffffbeb9619a681c x8 : 0000000000000003 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : ffff00010b02ddb0 x5 : ffffbeb96395e378 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000cc0 x2 : 000000000000000d x1 : 000000000000000c x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: xas_split_alloc+0xf8/0x128 split_huge_page_to_list_to_order+0x1c4/0x720 truncate_inode_partial_folio+0xdc/0x160 shmem_undo_range+0x2bc/0x6a8 shmem_fallocate+0x134/0x430 vfs_fallocate+0x124/0x2e8 ksys_fallocate+0x4c/0xa0 __arm64_sys_fallocate+0x24/0x38 invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x7c/0xd8 do_el0_svc+0xb4/0xd0 el0_svc+0x44/0x1d8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x134/0x150 el0t_64_sync+0x17c/0x180 Fix it by disabling PMD-sized page cache when HPAGE_PMD_ORDER is larger than MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER. As Matthew Wilcox pointed, the page cache in a shmem file isn't represented by a multi-index entry and doesn't have this limitation when the xarry entry is split until commit 6b24ca4a1a8d ("mm: Use multi-index entries in the page cache").

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00211 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.41, 6.9.10 +1Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.17 and later6.1.191, 6.6.41, 6.9.10, 6.10Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.17 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.41, 6.9.10, 6.10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.17 to before 6.6.41; 6.7 to before 6.9.10VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.17 to before 6.6.41; 6.7 to before 6.9.10 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.41, 6.9.10, 6.10

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:10771 Released 2024-12-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, libperf-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) bpftool-7.3.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.4) kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.4) kernel-rt-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-427.47.1.el9_4 +11
  • RHSA-2024:6744 Released 2024-09-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) bpftool-7.0.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-5.14.0-284.84.1.el9_2 +29
  • RHSA-2024:6745 Released 2024-09-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel-rt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt-5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt-5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-284.84.1.rt14.369.el9_2 +11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6744
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:10771
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6744
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:10771
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6744
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:10771
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6745
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:10771
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:6745
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2024:10771
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42241
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m4qj-p3wv-ph7c
  3. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@e991bfc6b69e3db6bdefde34f5d5c9686a192e8f · CNA
  4. 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
  5. 2026-11-05 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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