In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nouveau/dmem: handle kcalloc() allocation failure
The kcalloc() in nouveau_dmem_evict_chunk() will return null if
the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference
src_pfns, dst_pfns or dma_addrs, the null pointer dereference bugs
will happen.
Moreover, the GPU is going away. If the kcalloc() fails, we could not
evict all pages mapping a chunk. So this patch adds a __GFP_NOFAIL
flag in kcalloc().
Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory,
this patch switches kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid
failing allocations.
nouveau/dmem: handle kcalloc() allocation failure
The kcalloc() in nouveau_dmem_evict_chunk() will return null if
the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference
src_pfns, dst_pfns or dma_addrs, the null pointer dereference bugs
will happen.
Moreover, the GPU is going away. If the kcalloc() fails, we could not
evict all pages mapping a chunk. So this patch adds a __GFP_NOFAIL
flag in kcalloc().
Finally, as there is no need to have physically contiguous memory,
this patch switches kcalloc() to kvcalloc() in order to avoid
failing allocations.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6816-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6817-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6817-2 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6817-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6878-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T09:00:20.147Z
Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.197Z
Link: CVE-2024-26943
Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.681Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-05-01T06:15:09.877
Modified: 2024-11-21T09:03:26.737
Link: CVE-2024-26943
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-07-12T22:09:54Z
Weaknesses
No weakness.
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