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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-56611 EUVD-2024-53259GHSA-vmhm-g2hv-x7wj

mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM

Published Dec 27, 2024 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM

We currently assume that there is at least one VMA in a MM, which isn't
true.

So we might end up having find_vma() return NULL, to then de-reference
NULL. So properly handle find_vma() returning NULL.

This fixes the report:

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6021 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00187-gf868cd251776 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/30/2024
RIP: 0010:migrate_to_node mm/mempolicy.c:1090 [inline]
RIP: 0010:do_migrate_pages+0x403/0x6f0 mm/mempolicy.c:1194
Code: ...
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000375fd08 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000375fd78 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88807e171300 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffff88803390c044
RBP: ffff88807e171428 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: fffffbfff2039ef1
R10: ffffffff901cf78f R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: ffffc9000375fe90 R14: ffffc9000375fe98 R15: ffffc9000375fdf8
FS: 00005555919e1380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555919e1ca8 CR3: 000000007f12a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kernel_migrate_pages+0x5b2/0x750 mm/mempolicy.c:1709
__do_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1727 [inline]
__se_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1723 [inline]
__x64_sys_migrate_pages+0x96/0x100 mm/mempolicy.c:1723
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add unlikely()]

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.16 6.1.191

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 6.12.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.5-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-58.60 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1027.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1027.32 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1028.30 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1023.27 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1010.12 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 USN-7379-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1 USN-7381-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1026.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1026.29.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1017.17 USN-7382-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1024.25 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-58.60.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1 USN-7451-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1 USN-7452-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-58.60~22.04.1 USN-7449-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 16 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1020.21 USN-7453-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1020.21~22.04.1 —
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 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_8 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_8 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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