mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault
The vma_lock and hugetlb_fault_mutex are dropped before handling userfault
and reacquire them again after handle_userfault(), but reacquire the
vma_lock could lead to UAF[1,2] due to the following race,
hugetlb_fault
hugetlb_no_page
/*unlock vma_lock */
hugetlb_handle_userfault
handle_userfault
/* unlock mm->mmap_lock*/
vm_mmap_pgoff
do_mmap
mmap_region
munmap_vma_range
/* clean old vma */
/* lock vma_lock again <--- UAF */
/* unlock vma_lock */
Since the vma_lock will unlock immediately after
hugetlb_handle_userfault(), let's drop the unneeded lock and unlock in
hugetlb_handle_userfault() to fix the issue.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/000000000000d5e00a05e834962e@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220921014457.1668-1-liuzixian4@huawei.com/
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault The vma_lock and hugetlb_fault_mutex are dropped before handling userfault and reacquire them again after handle_userfault(), but reacquire the vma_lock could lead to UAF[1,2] due to the following race, hugetlb_fault hugetlb_no_page /*unlock vma_lock */ hugetlb_handle_userfault handle_userfault /* unlock mm->mmap_lock*/ vm_mmap_pgoff do_mmap mmap_region munmap_vma_range /* clean old vma */ /* lock vma_lock again <--- UAF */ /* unlock vma_lock */ Since the vma_lock will unlock immediately after hugetlb_handle_userfault(), let's drop the unneeded lock and unlock in hugetlb_handle_userfault() to fix the issue. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/000000000000d5e00a05e834962e@google.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220921014457.1668-1-liuzixian4@huawei.com/ | |
| Title | mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:22:33.947Z
Reserved: 2025-12-08T01:14:55.192Z
Link: CVE-2022-50630
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-12-08T02:15:49.223
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2022-50630
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