GHSA-GWJV-8Q72-W8XF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-28 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/fadump: Move fadump_cma_init to setup_arch() after initmem_init()
During early init CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES can be PAGE_SIZE, since pageblock_order is still zero and it gets initialized later during initmem_init() e.g. setup_arch() -> initmem_init() -> sparse_init() -> set_pageblock_order()
One such use case where this causes issue is - early_setup() -> early_init_devtree() -> fadump_reserve_mem() -> fadump_cma_init()
This causes CMA memory alignment check to be bypassed in cma_init_reserved_mem(). Then later cma_activate_area() can hit a VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn & ((1 << order) - 1)) if the reserved memory area was not pageblock_order aligned.
Fix it by moving the fadump_cma_init() after initmem_init(), where other such cma reservations also gets called.
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x10010 flags: 0x13ffff800000000(node=1|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) CMA raw: 013ffff800000000 5deadbeef0000100 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn & ((1 << order) - 1)) ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:778!
Call Trace: __free_one_page+0x57c/0x7b0 (unreliable) free_pcppages_bulk+0x1a8/0x2c8 free_unref_page_commit+0x3d4/0x4e4 free_unref_page+0x458/0x6d0 init_cma_reserved_pageblock+0x114/0x198 cma_init_reserved_areas+0x270/0x3e0 do_one_initcall+0x80/0x2f8 kernel_init_freeable+0x33c/0x530 kernel_init+0x34/0x26c ret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-56677"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-908"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-28T10:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/fadump: Move fadump_cma_init to setup_arch() after initmem_init()\n\nDuring early init CMA_MIN_ALIGNMENT_BYTES can be PAGE_SIZE,\nsince pageblock_order is still zero and it gets initialized\nlater during initmem_init() e.g.\nsetup_arch() -\u003e initmem_init() -\u003e sparse_init() -\u003e set_pageblock_order()\n\nOne such use case where this causes issue is -\nearly_setup() -\u003e early_init_devtree() -\u003e fadump_reserve_mem() -\u003e fadump_cma_init()\n\nThis causes CMA memory alignment check to be bypassed in\ncma_init_reserved_mem(). Then later cma_activate_area() can hit\na VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn \u0026 ((1 \u003c\u003c order) - 1)) if the reserved memory\narea was not pageblock_order aligned.\n\nFix it by moving the fadump_cma_init() after initmem_init(),\nwhere other such cma reservations also gets called.\n\n\u003cstack trace\u003e\n==============\npage: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x10010\nflags: 0x13ffff800000000(node=1|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) CMA\nraw: 013ffff800000000 5deadbeef0000100 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000\nraw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000\npage dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(pfn \u0026 ((1 \u003c\u003c order) - 1))\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nkernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:778!\n\nCall Trace:\n__free_one_page+0x57c/0x7b0 (unreliable)\nfree_pcppages_bulk+0x1a8/0x2c8\nfree_unref_page_commit+0x3d4/0x4e4\nfree_unref_page+0x458/0x6d0\ninit_cma_reserved_pageblock+0x114/0x198\ncma_init_reserved_areas+0x270/0x3e0\ndo_one_initcall+0x80/0x2f8\nkernel_init_freeable+0x33c/0x530\nkernel_init+0x34/0x26c\nret_from_kernel_user_thread+0x14/0x1c",
"id": "GHSA-gwjv-8q72-w8xf",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:32:01Z",
"published": "2024-12-28T12:30:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56677"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b94cae1c47f94588c3e7096963c1007c4d9c1d"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7351c5a6507b4401aeecadb5959131410a339520"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aabef6301dcf410dfd2b8759cd413b2a003c7e3f"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5c1d1ef70834013fc3bd12b6a0f4664c6d75a74"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f551637fe9bf863386309e03f9d148d97f535ad1"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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