CVE-2021-47090

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in Memory Management via get_any_page() Retry

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hwpoison: clear MF_COUNT_INCREASED before retrying get_any_page() Hulk Robot reported a panic in put_page_testzero() when testing madvise() with MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE. The BUG() is triggered when retrying get_any_page(). This is because we keep MF_COUNT_INCREASED flag in second try but the refcnt is not increased. page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) == 0) ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:737! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 5 PID: 2135 Comm: sshd Tainted: G B 5.16.0-rc6-dirty #373 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 RIP: release_pages+0x53f/0x840 Call Trace: free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x64/0x80 tlb_flush_mmu+0x6f/0x220 unmap_page_range+0xe6c/0x12c0 unmap_single_vma+0x90/0x170 unmap_vmas+0xc4/0x180 exit_mmap+0xde/0x3a0 mmput+0xa3/0x250 do_exit+0x564/0x1470 do_group_exit+0x3b/0x100 __do_sys_exit_group+0x13/0x20 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x16/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Modules linked in: ---[ end trace e99579b570fe0649 ]--- RIP: 0010:release_pages+0x53f/0x840

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 28.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.89 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.12 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux b94e02822debdf0cc473556aad7dcc859f216653 - 1f207076740101fed87074a6bc924dbe806f08a5
Linux/Linux b94e02822debdf0cc473556aad7dcc859f216653 - 2a57d83c78f889bf3f54eede908d0643c40d5418
Linux/Linux b94e02822debdf0cc473556aad7dcc859f216653 - c691e7575eff76e563b0199c23ec46bd454f43e3
linux/linux_kernel 5.16 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.10 - 5.10.89
Published Mar 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026