Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Fix userfaultfd_api to return EINVAL as expected
Currently if we request a feature that is not set in the Kernel config we fail silently and return all the available features. However, the man page indicates we should return an EINVAL.
We need to fix this issue since we can end up with a Kernel warning should a program request the feature UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED on a kernel with the config not set with this feature.
[ 200.812896] WARNING: CPU: 91 PID: 13634 at mm/memory.c:1660 zap_pte_range+0x43d/0x660 [ 200.820738] Modules linked in: [ 200.869387] CPU: 91 PID: 13634 Comm: userfaultfd Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc5+ #8 [ 200.877477] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R6525/0N7YGH, BIOS 2.7.3 03/30/2022 [ 200.885052] RIP: 0010:zap_pte_range+0x43d/0x660
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 5.14.0 (+2 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | Released |
28 kernels
|
| AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU | Planned | — |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | Planned | — |
| Debian 12 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Oracle Linux 8 UEK 7 | Will Not Fix |
39 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 | Will Not Fix |
39 kernels
|
| Proxmox VE 7 5.15 | Released |
47 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE AWS | Released |
45 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Azure | Released |
28 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Released |
58 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Released |
52 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Released |
48 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |