{ "affected": [ { "ranges": [ { "events": [ { "introduced": "f46edbd1b1516da1fb34c917775168d5df576f78" }, { "fixed": "90ad17575d26874287271127d43ef3c2af876cea" }, { "fixed": "b448de2459b6d62a53892487ab18b7d823ff0529" }, { "fixed": "68ed9e33324021e9d6b798e9db00ca3093d2012a" }, { "fixed": "70064241f2229f7ba7b9599a98f68d9142e81a97" }, { "fixed": "3a01daace71b521563c38bbbf874e14c3e58adb7" }, { "fixed": "5ec8e8ea8b7783fab150cf86404fc38cb4db8800" } ], "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "type": "GIT" } ] }, { "package": { "ecosystem": "Linux", "name": "Kernel" }, "ranges": [ { "events": [ { "introduced": "5.3.0" }, { "fixed": "5.10.210" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" }, { "events": [ { "introduced": "5.11.0" }, { "fixed": "5.15.149" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" }, { "events": [ { "introduced": "5.16.0" }, { "fixed": "6.1.76" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" }, { "events": [ { "introduced": "6.2.0" }, { "fixed": "6.6.15" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" }, { "events": [ { "introduced": "6.7.0" }, { "fixed": "6.7.3" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" } ] } ], "database_specific": { "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52489.json" }, "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section-\u003eusage\n\nThe below race is observed on a PFN which falls into the device memory\nregion with the system memory configuration where PFN's are such that\n[ZONE_NORMAL ZONE_DEVICE ZONE_NORMAL]. Since normal zone start and end\npfn contains the device memory PFN's as well, the compaction triggered\nwill try on the device memory PFN's too though they end up in NOP(because\npfn_to_online_page() returns NULL for ZONE_DEVICE memory sections). When\nfrom other core, the section mappings are being removed for the\nZONE_DEVICE region, that the PFN in question belongs to, on which\ncompaction is currently being operated is resulting into the kernel crash\nwith CONFIG_SPASEMEM_VMEMAP enabled. The crash logs can be seen at [1].\n\ncompact_zone()\t\t\tmemunmap_pages\n-------------\t\t\t---------------\n__pageblock_pfn_to_page\n ......\n (a)pfn_valid():\n valid_section()//return true\n\t\t\t (b)__remove_pages()-\u003e\n\t\t\t\t sparse_remove_section()-\u003e\n\t\t\t\t section_deactivate():\n\t\t\t\t [Free the array ms-\u003eusage and set\n\t\t\t\t ms-\u003eusage = NULL]\n pfn_section_valid()\n [Access ms-\u003eusage which\n is NULL]\n\nNOTE: From the above it can be said that the race is reduced to between\nthe pfn_valid()/pfn_section_valid() and the section deactivate with\nSPASEMEM_VMEMAP enabled.\n\nThe commit b943f045a9af(\"mm/sparse: fix kernel crash with\npfn_section_valid check\") tried to address the same problem by clearing\nthe SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP with the expectation of valid_section() returns\nfalse thus ms-\u003eusage is not accessed.\n\nFix this issue by the below steps:\n\na) Clear SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP before freeing the -\u003eusage.\n\nb) RCU protected read side critical section will either return NULL\n when SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP is cleared or can successfully access -\u003eusage.\n\nc) Free the -\u003eusage with kfree_rcu() and set ms-\u003eusage = NULL. No\n attempt will be made to access -\u003eusage after this as the\n SECTION_HAS_MEM_MAP is cleared thus valid_section() return false.\n\nThanks to David/Pavan for their inputs on this patch.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/994410bb-89aa-d987-1f50-f514903c55aa@quicinc.com/\n\nOn Snapdragon SoC, with the mentioned memory configuration of PFN's as\n[ZONE_NORMAL ZONE_DEVICE ZONE_NORMAL], we are able to see bunch of\nissues daily while testing on a device farm.\n\nFor this particular issue below is the log. Though the below log is\nnot directly pointing to the pfn_section_valid(){ ms-\u003eusage;}, when we\nloaded this dump on T32 lauterbach tool, it is pointing.\n\n[ 540.578056] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at\nvirtual address 0000000000000000\n[ 540.578068] Mem abort info:\n[ 540.578070] ESR = 0x0000000096000005\n[ 540.578073] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n[ 540.578077] SET = 0, FnV = 0\n[ 540.578080] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n[ 540.578082] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault\n[ 540.578085] Data abort info:\n[ 540.578086] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005\n[ 540.578088] CM = 0, WnR = 0\n[ 540.579431] pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBSBTYPE=--)\n[ 540.579436] pc : __pageblock_pfn_to_page+0x6c/0x14c\n[ 540.579454] lr : compact_zone+0x994/0x1058\n[ 540.579460] sp : ffffffc03579b510\n[ 540.579463] x29: ffffffc03579b510 x28: 0000000000235800 x27:000000000000000c\n[ 540.579470] x26: 0000000000235c00 x25: 0000000000000068 x24:ffffffc03579b640\n[ 540.579477] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: ffffffc03579b660 x21:0000000000000000\n[ 540.579483] x20: 0000000000235bff x19: ffffffdebf7e3940 x18:ffffffdebf66d140\n[ 540.579489] x17: 00000000739ba063 x16: 00000000739ba063 x15:00000000009f4bff\n[ 540.579495] x14: 0000008000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12:0000000000000001\n[ 540.579501] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 :ffffff897d2cd440\n[ 540.579507] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 :ffffffc03579b5b4\n[ 540.579512] x5 : 0000000000027f25 x4 : ffffffc03579b5b8 x3 :0000000000000\n---truncated---", "id": "CVE-2023-52489", "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:33.784145170Z", "published": "2024-02-29T15:52:08.718Z", "references": [ { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a01daace71b521563c38bbbf874e14c3e58adb7" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ec8e8ea8b7783fab150cf86404fc38cb4db8800" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68ed9e33324021e9d6b798e9db00ca3093d2012a" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70064241f2229f7ba7b9599a98f68d9142e81a97" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ad17575d26874287271127d43ef3c2af876cea" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b448de2459b6d62a53892487ab18b7d823ff0529" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html" }, { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52489.json" }, { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52489" }, { "type": "PACKAGE", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git" } ], "schema_version": "1.9.0", "summary": "mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section-\u003eusage" }