CVE-2024-42316

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Divide By Zero in vmpressure_calc_level()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mglru: fix div-by-zero in vmpressure_calc_level() evict_folios() uses a second pass to reclaim folios that have gone through page writeback and become clean before it finishes the first pass, since folio_rotate_reclaimable() cannot handle those folios due to the isolation. The second pass tries to avoid potential double counting by deducting scan_control->nr_scanned. However, this can result in underflow of nr_scanned, under a condition where shrink_folio_list() does not increment nr_scanned, i.e., when folio_trylock() fails. The underflow can cause the divisor, i.e., scale=scanned+reclaimed in vmpressure_calc_level(), to become zero, resulting in the following crash: [exception RIP: vmpressure_work_fn+101] process_one_work at ffffffffa3313f2b Since scan_control->nr_scanned has no established semantics, the potential double counting has minimal risks. Therefore, fix the problem by not deducting scan_control->nr_scanned in evict_folios().

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

CWE
CWE-369
Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.103linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.44linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.1
Linux/Linux 359a5e1416caaf9ce28396a65ed3e386cc5de663 - 8b671fe1a879923ecfb72dda6caf01460dd885ef
Linux/Linux 359a5e1416caaf9ce28396a65ed3e386cc5de663 - 8de7bf77f21068a5f602bb1e59adbc5ab533509d
Linux/Linux 359a5e1416caaf9ce28396a65ed3e386cc5de663 - a39e38be632f0e1c908d70d1c9cd071c03faf895
Linux/Linux 359a5e1416caaf9ce28396a65ed3e386cc5de663 - d6510f234c7d117790397f9bb150816b0a954a04
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux 6.1.103 - 6.1.*
... and 4 more
Published Aug 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026