Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-40950

Vulnerability identifier: #VU94305

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40950

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the split_huge_page_to_list_to_order() function in mm/huge_memory.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.10
kernel - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
perf - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-39.0.0.47

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df493a99fcf887133cf01d23cd4bebb6d385d3c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a50c9b512f7734bc356f4bd47885a6f7c98491a
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10

• Resource management error in Linux kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for kernel