Linux Kernel up to 6.1.103/6.6.44/6.10.3 mm_fault_error memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.103/6.6.44/6.10.3. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects the function mm_fault_error. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-42267. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.103/6.6.44/6.10.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function mm_fault_error. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error() Handle VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG() the kernel.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-42267 since 07/30/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/01/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210741 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7100-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.104, 6.6.45 or 6.10.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d7ccf2ca772b/917f598209f3/d4e7db757e2d/0c710050c47d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (210741) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1875). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• Dell NetWorker

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.103
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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