CVE-2024-26943
MEDIUMLinux kernel - Null Pointer Dereference
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Affected Products (6)
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.1.84
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.84linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.6.24linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.7.12linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.8.3linux
Timeline
Published
May 01, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026