CVE-2024-36882

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published May 30, 2024 linux CWE-667 EPSS 0.18% (8th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-36882 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 30, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

mm: use memalloc_nofs_save() in page_cache_ra_order()

See commit f2c817bed58d ("mm: use memalloc_nofs_save in readahead path"),

ensure that page_cache_ra_order() do not attempt to reclaim file-backed

pages too, or it leads to a deadlock, found issue when test ext4 large

folio.

INFO: task DataXceiver for:7494 blocked for more than 120 seconds.

"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.

task:DataXceiver for state:D stack:0 pid:7494 ppid:1 flags:0x00000200

Call trace:

__switch_to+0x14c/0x240

__schedule+0x82c/0xdd0

schedule+0x58/0xf0

io_schedule+0x24/0xa0

__folio_lock+0x130/0x300

migrate_pages_batch+0x378/0x918

migrate_pages+0x350/0x700

compact_zone+0x63c/0xb38

compact_zone_order+0xc0/0x118

try_to_compact_pages+0xb0/0x280

__alloc_pages_direct_compact+0x98/0x248

__alloc_pages+0x510/0x1110

alloc_pages+0x9c/0x130

folio_alloc+0x20/0x78

filemap_alloc_

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.18, < 6.1.91	Affected

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-36882?

CVE-2024-36882 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on May 30, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-36882?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-36882?

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