In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/kasan: Fix addr error caused by page alignment In kasan_init_region, when k_start is not page aligned, at the begin of for loop, k_cur = k_start & PAGE_MASK is less than k_start, and then `va = block + k_cur - k_start` is less than block, the addr va is invalid, because the memory address space from va to block is not alloced by memblock_alloc, which will not be reserved by memblock_reserve later, it will be used by other places. As a result, memory overwriting occurs. for example: int __init __weak kasan_init_region(void *start, size_t size) { [...] /* if say block(dcd97000) k_start(feef7400) k_end(feeff3fe) */ block = memblock_alloc(k_end - k_start, PAGE_SIZE); [...] for (k_cur = k_start & PAGE_MASK; k_cur < k_end; k_cur += PAGE_SIZE) { /* at the begin of for loop * block(dcd97000) va(dcd96c00) k_cur(feef7000) k_start(feef7400) * va(dcd96c00) is less than block(dcd97000), va is invalid */ void *va = block + k_cur - k_start; [...] } [...] } Therefore, page alignment is performed on k_start before memblock_alloc() to ensure the validity of the VA address.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-04-03T14:55:14.149Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:14:12.618Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.159Z

Link: CVE-2024-26712

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-05-23T19:01:21.993Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-04-03T15:15:53.590

Modified: 2024-06-25T23:15:24.940

Link: CVE-2024-26712

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26712 - Bugzilla