Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/dmem: handle kcalloc() allocation failure The kcalloc() in nouveau_dmem_evict_chunk() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference src_pfns, dst_pfns or dma_addrs, the null pointer dereference bugs will happen. Moreover, the GPU is going away. If the kcalloc() fails, we could not evict all pages mapping a chunk. So this patch adds a __GFP_NOFAIL flag in kcalloc(). Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory, this patch switches kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid failing allocations.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9acfd8b083a0ffbd387566800d89f55058a68af2
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a84744a037b8a511d6a9055f3defddc28ff4a4d
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e81773757a95fc298e96cfd6d4700f07b6192a2
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e82f7383e0b82a835e6b6b06a348b2bc4e2c2ee
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e87fe23d4af6df920406494ced5c0f4354567b
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
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
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.1.84linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.24linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.7.12linux
linux/Kernel
6.8.0 - 6.8.3linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.1
Linux/Linux
249881232e1471d28b68f9a3829acc14d150cf5d - 16e87fe23d4af6df920406494ced5c0f4354567b
Linux/Linux
249881232e1471d28b68f9a3829acc14d150cf5d - 2a84744a037b8a511d6a9055f3defddc28ff4a4d
Linux/Linux
249881232e1471d28b68f9a3829acc14d150cf5d - 3e82f7383e0b82a835e6b6b06a348b2bc4e2c2ee
Linux/Linux
249881232e1471d28b68f9a3829acc14d150cf5d - 5e81773757a95fc298e96cfd6d4700f07b6192a2
Linux/Linux
249881232e1471d28b68f9a3829acc14d150cf5d - 9acfd8b083a0ffbd387566800d89f55058a68af2
... and 8 more
Published
May 01, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026