🛡️ CVE-2024-26947 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

ARM: 9359/1: flush: check if the folio is reserved for no-mapping addresses

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ARM: 9359/1: flush: check if the folio is reserved for no-mapping addresses

Since commit a4d5613c4dc6 ("arm: extend pfn_valid to take into account

freed memory map alignment") changes the semantics of pfn_valid() to check

presence of the memory map for a PFN. A valid page for an address which

is reserved but not mapped by the kernel[1], the system crashed during

some uio test with the following memory layout:

node 0: [mem 0x00000000c0a00000-0x00000000cc8fffff]

node 0: [mem 0x00000000d0000000-0x00000000da1fffff]

the uio layout is:0xc0900000, 0x100000

the crash backtrace like:

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address bff00000

[...]

CPU: 1 PID: 465 Comm: startapp.bin Tainted: G O 5.10.0 #1

Hardware name: Generic DT based system

PC is at b15_flush_kern_dcache_area+0x24/0x3c

LR is at __sync_icache_dcache+0x6c/0x98

[...]

(b15_flush_kern_dcache_area) from (__sync_icache_dcache+0x6c/0x98)

(__sync_icache_dcache) from (set_pte_at+0x28/0x54)

(set_pte_at) from (remap_pfn_range+0x1a0/0x274)

(remap_pfn_range) from (uio_mmap+0x184/0x1b8 [uio])

(uio_mmap [uio]) from (__mmap_region+0x264/0x5f4)

(__mmap_region) from (__do_mmap_mm+0x3ec/0x440)

(__do_mmap_mm) from (do_mmap+0x50/0x58)

(do_mmap) from (vm_mmap_pgoff+0xfc/0x188)

(vm_mmap_pgoff) from (ksys_mmap_pgoff+0xac/0xc4)

(ksys_mmap_pgoff) from (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x5c)

Code: e0801001 e2423001 e1c00003 f57ff04f (ee070f3e)

---[ end trace 09cf0734c3805d52 ]---

Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

So check if PG_reserved was set to solve this issue.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-26947 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.8.0 up to 6.8.3)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.8 up to 6.8.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 May 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2024-26947 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-01
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.8.0 6.8.3
linux-kernel 6.8 6.8.3

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