CVE-2024-35987

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.4-6.6.29 and 6.7-6.8.8 - Memory Corruption via NOMMU Kernel Load Address Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Fix loading 64-bit NOMMU kernels past the start of RAM commit 3335068f8721 ("riscv: Use PUD/P4D/PGD pages for the linear mapping") added logic to allow using RAM below the kernel load address. However, this does not work for NOMMU, where PAGE_OFFSET is fixed to the kernel load address. Since that range of memory corresponds to PFNs below ARCH_PFN_OFFSET, mm initialization runs off the beginning of mem_map and corrupts adjacent kernel memory. Fix this by restoring the previous behavior for NOMMU kernels.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.3%
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 (12)
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.30linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 3335068f87217ea59d08f462187dc856652eea15 - aea702dde7e9876fb00571a2602f25130847bf0f
Linux/Linux 3335068f87217ea59d08f462187dc856652eea15 - b008e327fa570aca210f98c817757649bae56694
Linux/Linux 3335068f87217ea59d08f462187dc856652eea15 - ea6628e4e2353978af7e3b4ad4fdaab6149acf3d
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.6.30 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.8.9 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9
... and 2 more
Published May 20, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026