CVE-2024-49934: fs/inode: Prevent dump_mapping() accessing invalid dentry.d_name.name
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-49934 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 28Timeline
- 21-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/inode: Prevent dump_mapping() accessing invalid dentry.d_name.name It's observed that a crash occurs during hot-remove a memory device, in which user is accessing the hugetlb. See calltrace as following: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 14045 at arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1278 do_user_addr_fault+0x2a0/0x790 Modules linked in: kmem device_dax cxl_mem cxl_pmem cxl_port cxl_pci dax_hmem dax_pmem nd_pmem cxl_acpi nd_btt cxl_core crc32c_intel nvme virtiofs fuse nvme_core nfit libnvdimm dm_multipath scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc s mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod CPU: 1 PID: 14045 Comm: daxctl Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-lizhijian+ #492 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:do_user_addr_fault+0x2a0/0x790 Code: 48 8b 00 a8 04 0f 84 b5 fe ff ff e9 1c ff ff ff 4c 89 e9 4c 89 e2 be 01 00 00 00 bf 02 00 00 00 e8 b5 ef 24 00 e9 42 fe ff ff <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 4c 89 ea 48 89 ee 4c 89 e7 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 RSP: 0000:ffffc90000a575f0 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: ffff88800c303600 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ffffffff82504162 RDI: ffffffff824b2c36 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90000a57658 R13: 0000000000001000 R14: ffff88800bc2e040 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f51cb57d880(0000) GS:ffff88807fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000001000 CR3: 00000000072e2004 CR4: 00000000001706f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0x8d/0x190 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2a0/0x790 ? report_bug+0x1c3/0x1d0 ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2a0/0x790 ? exc_page_fault+0x31/0x200 exc_page_fault+0x68/0x200 <...snip...> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 800000000ad92067 P4D 800000000ad92067 PUD 7677067 PMD 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 800000000ad92067 P4D 800000000ad92067 PUD 7677067 PMD 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 1 PID: 14045 Comm: daxctl Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc2-lizhijian+ #492 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:dentry_name+0x1f4/0x440 <...snip...> ? dentry_name+0x2fa/0x440 vsnprintf+0x1f3/0x4f0 vprintk_store+0x23a/0x540 vprintk_emit+0x6d/0x330 _printk+0x58/0x80 dump_mapping+0x10b/0x1a0 ? __pfx_free_object_rcu+0x10/0x10 __dump_page+0x26b/0x3e0 ? vprintk_emit+0xe0/0x330 ? _printk+0x58/0x80 ? dump_page+0x17/0x50 dump_page+0x17/0x50 do_migrate_range+0x2f7/0x7f0 ? do_migrate_range+0x42/0x7f0 ? offline_pages+0x2f4/0x8c0 offline_pages+0x60a/0x8c0 memory_subsys_offline+0x9f/0x1c0 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x77/0x100 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x38/0x60 device_offline+0xe3/0x110 state_store+0x6e/0xc0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x143/0x200 vfs_write+0x39f/0x560 ksys_write+0x65/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x62/0x130 Previously, some sanity check have been done in dump_mapping() before the print facility parsing '%pd' though, it's still possible to run into an invalid dentry.d_name.name. Since dump_mapping() only needs to dump the filename only, retrieve it by itself in a safer way to prevent an unnecessary crash. Note that either retrieving the filename with '%pd' or strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(), the filename could be unreliable.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST4.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
18%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.26% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu131 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-54.56
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1023.25
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 1c6fb1d89e73cd3bbfae7c400f1c615272aa435f, < 1a4159138e718db6199f0abf376ad52f726dcc5c | ≥ 1c6fb1d89e73cd3bbfae7c400f1c615272aa435f, < e0f6ee75f50476607ca82fc7c3711c795ce09b52 | ≥ 1c6fb1d89e73cd3bbfae7c400f1c615272aa435f, < f92b8829c6e75632de4e2b9f70e7a7e6c5c2ba98 | ≥ 1c6fb1d89e73cd3bbfae7c400f1c615272aa435f, < ef921bc72328b577cb45772ff7921cba4773b74a | ≥ 1c6fb1d89e73cd3bbfae7c400f1c615272aa435f, < 7f7b850689ac06a62befe26e1fd1806799e7f152 | 5.0
- linux_kernel< 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.11.4-1
3 vendors · 134 products