riscv: rewrite __kernel_map_pages() to fix sleeping in invalid context
__kernel_map_pages() is a debug function which clears the valid bit in page
table entry for deallocated pages to detect illegal memory accesses to
freed pages.
This function set/clear the valid bit using __set_memory(). __set_memory()
acquires init_mm's semaphore, and this operation may sleep. This is
problematic, because __kernel_map_pages() can be called in atomic context,
and thus is illegal to sleep. An example warning that this causes:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1578
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 2, name: kthreadd
preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
CPU: 0 PID: 2 Comm: kthreadd Not tainted 6.9.0-g1d4c6d784ef6 #37
Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff800060dc>] dump_backtrace+0x1c/0x24
[<ffffffff8091ef6e>] show_stack+0x2c/0x38
[<ffffffff8092baf8>] dump_stack_lvl+0x5a/0x72
[<ffffffff8092bb24>] dump_stack+0x14/0x1c
[<ffffffff8003b7ac>] __might_resched+0x104/0x10e
[<ffffffff8003b7f4>] __might_sleep+0x3e/0x62
[<ffffffff8093276a>] down_write+0x20/0x72
[<ffffffff8000cf00>] __set_memory+0x82/0x2fa
[<ffffffff8000d324>] __kernel_map_pages+0x5a/0xd4
[<ffffffff80196cca>] __alloc_pages_bulk+0x3b2/0x43a
[<ffffffff8018ee82>] __vmalloc_node_range+0x196/0x6ba
[<ffffffff80011904>] copy_process+0x72c/0x17ec
[<ffffffff80012ab4>] kernel_clone+0x60/0x2fe
[<ffffffff80012f62>] kernel_thread+0x82/0xa0
[<ffffffff8003552c>] kthreadd+0x14a/0x1be
[<ffffffff809357de>] ret_from_fork+0xe/0x1c
Rewrite this function with apply_to_existing_page_range(). It is fine to
not have any locking, because __kernel_map_pages() works with pages being
allocated/deallocated and those pages are not changed by anyone else in the
meantime.
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Tracking
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5731-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6999-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6999-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7004-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7005-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7005-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7008-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7029-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7100-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7100-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7123-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7144-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7194-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000
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Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-667 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:22:17.453Z
Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.581Z
Link: CVE-2024-40915
Updated: 2025-11-03T21:57:46.415Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-07-12T13:15:14.660
Modified: 2025-11-03T22:17:13.800
Link: CVE-2024-40915
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Updated: 2025-07-13T21:07:50Z
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN