CVE-2024-39497

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.229 - Reachable Assertion

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE) Lack of check for copy-on-write (COW) mapping in drm_gem_shmem_mmap allows users to call mmap with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE flag causing a kernel panic due to BUG_ON in vmf_insert_pfn_prot: BUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) && is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags)); Return -EINVAL early if COW mapping is detected. This bug affects all drm drivers using default shmem helpers. It can be reproduced by this simple example: void *ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, mmap_offset); ptr[0] = 0;

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0000
EPSS Percentile 0.1%
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-617
Status published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.169linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.114linux
linux/Kernel 5.2.0 - 5.10.229linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.6linux
linux/linux_kernel 6.10 rc1
linux/linux_kernel 5.2 - 5.10.229
Published Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026