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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-48731 EUVD-2022-53610GHSA-c864-85xv-823c

mm/kmemleak: avoid scanning potential huge holes

Published Jun 20, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

mm/kmemleak: avoid scanning potential huge holes

When using devm_request_free_mem_region() and devm_memremap_pages() to
add ZONE_DEVICE memory, if requested free mem region's end pfn were
huge(e.g., 0x400000000), the node_end_pfn() will be also huge (see
move_pfn_range_to_zone()). Thus it creates a huge hole between
node_start_pfn() and node_end_pfn().

We found on some AMD APUs, amdkfd requested such a free mem region and
created a huge hole. In such a case, following code snippet was just
doing busy test_bit() looping on the huge hole.

for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
struct page *page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
if (!page)
continue;
...
}

So we got a soft lockup:

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#6 stuck for 26s! [bash:1221]
CPU: 6 PID: 1221 Comm: bash Not tainted 5.15.0-custom #1
RIP: 0010:pfn_to_online_page+0x5/0xd0
Call Trace:
? kmemleak_scan+0x16a/0x440
kmemleak_write+0x306/0x3a0
? common_file_perm+0x72/0x170
full_proxy_write+0x5c/0x90
vfs_write+0xb9/0x260
ksys_write+0x67/0xe0
__x64_sys_write+0x1a/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

I did some tests with the patch.

(1) amdgpu module unloaded

before the patch:

real 0m0.976s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.968s

after the patch:

real 0m0.981s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.973s

(2) amdgpu module loaded

before the patch:

real 0m35.365s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m35.354s

after the patch:

real 0m1.049s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m1.042s

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.14 5.4.178

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.16.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.16.10-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.16.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-109.123 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws +1 5.4.0-1072.77 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1077.80 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1035.38 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1039.40 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1020.22 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1004.6 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1062.65 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1070.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1059.67 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 +1 5.4.0-1072.77~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1077.80~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-109.123~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1020.22~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1070.76~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1059.66~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1072.77+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1076.79+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1048.54 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1071.75+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —

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