🛡️ CVE-2024-56677 — kernel
Description
powerpc/fadump: Move fadump_cma_init to setup_arch() after initmem_init()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/fadump: Move fadump_cma_init to setup_arch() after initmem_init()
During early init CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES can be PAGE_SIZE,
since pageblock_order is still zero and it gets initialized
later during initmem_init() e.g.
setup_arch() -> initmem_init() -> sparse_init() -> set_pageblock_order()
One such use case where this causes issue is -
early_setup() -> early_init_devtree() -> fadump_reserve_mem() -> fadump_cma_init()
This causes CMA memory alignment check to be bypassed in
cma_init_reserved_mem(). Then later cma_activate_area() can hit
a VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn & ((1 << order) - 1)) if the reserved memory
area was not pageblock_order aligned.
Fix it by moving the fadump_cma_init() after initmem_init(),
where other such cma reservations also gets called.
<stack trace>
==============
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x10010
flags: 0x13ffff800000000(node=1|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) CMA
raw: 013ffff800000000 5deadbeef0000100 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn & ((1 << order) - 1))
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:778!
Call Trace:
__free_one_page+0x57c/0x7b0 (unreliable)
free_pcppages_bulk+0x1a8/0x2c8
free_unref_page_commit+0x3d4/0x4e4
free_unref_page+0x458/0x6d0
init_cma_reserved_pageblock+0x114/0x198
cma_init_reserved_areas+0x270/0x3e0
do_one_initcall+0x80/0x2f8
kernel_init_freeable+0x33c/0x530
kernel_init+0x34/0x26c
ret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c
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 high, integrity high, availability high.
Affected software
CVE-2024-56677 is recorded against 2 packages.
- kernel (from 6.12.0 up to 6.12.2)
- linux-kernel (from 6.12 up to 6.12.2)
Timeline and source
Published on 28 December 2024 and last revised on 6 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)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)
CVE-2024-56677 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.12.0 | 6.12.2 |
| linux-kernel | 6.12 | 6.12.2 |
References
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