x86/mm: Disallow vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault()
When trying to use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read vsyscall page
through a bpf program, the following oops was reported:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffff600000
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 3231067 P4D 3231067 PUD 3233067 PMD 3235067 PTE 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 1 PID: 20390 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.7.0+ #58
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) ......
RIP: 0010:copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x6f/0x110
......
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x6f/0x110
bpf_probe_read_kernel+0x1d/0x50
bpf_prog_2061065e56845f08_do_probe_read+0x51/0x8d
trace_call_bpf+0xc5/0x1c0
perf_call_bpf_enter.isra.0+0x69/0xb0
perf_syscall_enter+0x13e/0x200
syscall_trace_enter+0x188/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0xb5/0xe0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
</TASK>
......
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
The oops is triggered when:
1) A bpf program uses bpf_probe_read_kernel() to read from the vsyscall
page and invokes copy_from_kernel_nofault() which in turn calls
__get_user_asm().
2) Because the vsyscall page address is not readable from kernel space,
a page fault exception is triggered accordingly.
3) handle_page_fault() considers the vsyscall page address as a user
space address instead of a kernel space address. This results in the
fix-up setup by bpf not being applied and a page_fault_oops() is invoked
due to SMAP.
Considering handle_page_fault() has already considered the vsyscall page
address as a userspace address, fix the problem by disallowing vsyscall
page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault().
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3842-1 | linux-5.10 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5681-1 | linux security update |
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USN-6821-3 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
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Ubuntu USN |
USN-6828-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6871-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6892-1 | Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6919-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Tue, 12 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Debian
Debian debian Linux Linux Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Debian
Debian debian Linux Linux Linux linux Kernel |
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
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Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4 |
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Redhat rhel Eus
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat rhel Eus
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T11:50:31.220Z
Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.187Z
Link: CVE-2024-26906
Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.490Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-04-17T11:15:11.207
Modified: 2026-05-12T12:16:25.830
Link: CVE-2024-26906
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