GHSA-743F-M6P2-83H6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-21 15:31 – Updated: 2026-06-01 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
riscv: mm: Fix the out of bound issue of vmemmap address
In sparse vmemmap model, the virtual address of vmemmap is calculated as: ((struct page *)VMEMMAP_START - (phys_ram_base >> PAGE_SHIFT)). And the struct page's va can be calculated with an offset: (vmemmap + (pfn)).
However, when initializing struct pages, kernel actually starts from the first page from the same section that phys_ram_base belongs to. If the first page's physical address is not (phys_ram_base >> PAGE_SHIFT), then we get an va below VMEMMAP_START when calculating va for it's struct page.
For example, if phys_ram_base starts from 0x82000000 with pfn 0x82000, the first page in the same section is actually pfn 0x80000. During init_unavailable_range(), we will initialize struct page for pfn 0x80000 with virtual address ((struct page *)VMEMMAP_START - 0x2000), which is below VMEMMAP_START as well as PCI_IO_END.
This commit fixes this bug by introducing a new variable 'vmemmap_start_pfn' which is aligned with memory section size and using it to calculate vmemmap address instead of phys_ram_base.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-57945"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-125"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-21T13:15:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nriscv: mm: Fix the out of bound issue of vmemmap address\n\nIn sparse vmemmap model, the virtual address of vmemmap is calculated as:\n((struct page *)VMEMMAP_START - (phys_ram_base \u003e\u003e PAGE_SHIFT)).\nAnd the struct page\u0027s va can be calculated with an offset:\n(vmemmap + (pfn)).\n\nHowever, when initializing struct pages, kernel actually starts from the\nfirst page from the same section that phys_ram_base belongs to. If the\nfirst page\u0027s physical address is not (phys_ram_base \u003e\u003e PAGE_SHIFT), then\nwe get an va below VMEMMAP_START when calculating va for it\u0027s struct page.\n\nFor example, if phys_ram_base starts from 0x82000000 with pfn 0x82000, the\nfirst page in the same section is actually pfn 0x80000. During\ninit_unavailable_range(), we will initialize struct page for pfn 0x80000\nwith virtual address ((struct page *)VMEMMAP_START - 0x2000), which is\nbelow VMEMMAP_START as well as PCI_IO_END.\n\nThis commit fixes this bug by introducing a new variable\n\u0027vmemmap_start_pfn\u0027 which is aligned with memory section size and using\nit to calculate vmemmap address instead of phys_ram_base.",
"id": "GHSA-743f-m6p2-83h6",
"modified": "2026-06-01T18:31:19Z",
"published": "2025-01-21T15:31:03Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04350304428063da6a55a8a4597d409dc69148b2"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4a7ac3d266008018f05fae53060fcb331151a14"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2bd51954ac8377c2f1eb1813e694788998add66"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f754f27e98f88428aaf6be6e00f5cbce97f62d4b"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
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