CVE-2024-56611 - Vulnerability Details

- mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM

We currently assume that there is at least one VMA in a MM, which isn't
true.

So we might end up having find_vma() return NULL, to then de-reference
NULL. So properly handle find_vma() returning NULL.

This fixes the report:

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6021 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00187-gf868cd251776 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/30/2024
RIP: 0010:migrate_to_node mm/mempolicy.c:1090 [inline]
RIP: 0010:do_migrate_pages+0x403/0x6f0 mm/mempolicy.c:1194
Code: ...
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000375fd08 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000375fd78 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff88807e171300 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffff88803390c044
RBP: ffff88807e171428 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: fffffbfff2039ef1
R10: ffffffff901cf78f R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: ffffc9000375fe90 R14: ffffc9000375fe98 R15: ffffc9000375fdf8
FS: 00005555919e1380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555919e1ca8 CR3: 000000007f12a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kernel_migrate_pages+0x5b2/0x750 mm/mempolicy.c:1709
__do_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1727 [inline]
__se_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1723 [inline]
__x64_sys_migrate_pages+0x96/0x100 mm/mempolicy.c:1723
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add unlikely()]

Published: 2024-12-27

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`39743889aaf76725152f16aa90ca3c45f6d52da3`	affected	< a13b2b9b0b0b04612c7d81e3b3dfb485c5f7abc3
`39743889aaf76725152f16aa90ca3c45f6d52da3`	affected	< 42d9fe2adf8613f9eea1f0c2619c9e2611eae0ea
`39743889aaf76725152f16aa90ca3c45f6d52da3`	affected	< 091c1dd2d4df6edd1beebe0e5863d4034ade9572

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.6.16`	affected	—
`0`	unaffected	< 2.6.16
`6.6.66`	unaffected	≤ 6.6.*
`6.12.5`	unaffected	≤ 6.12.*
`6.13`	unaffected	≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1::::::

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2025:6966	2025-05-13T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2025:6966	2025-05-13T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-53259	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM We currently assume that there is at least one VMA in a MM, which isn't true. So we might end up having find_vma() return NULL, to then de-reference NULL. So properly handle find_vma() returning NULL. This fixes the report: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6021 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00187-gf868cd251776 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/30/2024 RIP: 0010:migrate_to_node mm/mempolicy.c:1090 [inline] RIP: 0010:do_migrate_pages+0x403/0x6f0 mm/mempolicy.c:1194 Code: ... RSP: 0018:ffffc9000375fd08 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000375fd78 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88807e171300 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffff88803390c044 RBP: ffff88807e171428 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: fffffbfff2039ef1 R10: ffffffff901cf78f R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003 R13: ffffc9000375fe90 R14: ffffc9000375fe98 R15: ffffc9000375fdf8 FS: 00005555919e1380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005555919e1ca8 CR3: 000000007f12a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> kernel_migrate_pages+0x5b2/0x750 mm/mempolicy.c:1709 __do_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1727 [inline] __se_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1723 [inline] __x64_sys_migrate_pages+0x96/0x100 mm/mempolicy.c:1723 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add unlikely()]
Ubuntu USN	USN-7379-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7379-2	Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7380-1	Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7381-1	Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7382-1	Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7449-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7449-2	Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7450-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7451-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7452-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7453-1	Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7468-1	Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7523-1	Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-7524-1	Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00019.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/091c1dd2d4df6edd1beebe0e5863d4034ade9572
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d9fe2adf8613f9eea1f0c2619c9e2611eae0ea
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13b2b9b0b0b04612c7d81e3b3dfb485c5f7abc3
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122706-CVE-2024-56611-262a@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56611
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56611

History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 14 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs		cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products		Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	threat_severity `Low`	threat_severity `Moderate`

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses		CWE-476
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122706-CVE-2024-56611-262a@gregkh/T https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56611 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56611
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` threat_severity `Low`

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM We currently assume that there is at least one VMA in a MM, which isn't true. So we might end up having find_vma() return NULL, to then de-reference NULL. So properly handle find_vma() returning NULL. This fixes the report: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6021 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00187-gf868cd251776 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/30/2024 RIP: 0010:migrate_to_node mm/mempolicy.c:1090 [inline] RIP: 0010:do_migrate_pages+0x403/0x6f0 mm/mempolicy.c:1194 Code: ... RSP: 0018:ffffc9000375fd08 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000375fd78 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88807e171300 RSI: dffffc0000000000 RDI: ffff88803390c044 RBP: ffff88807e171428 R08: 0000000000000014 R09: fffffbfff2039ef1 R10: ffffffff901cf78f R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000003 R13: ffffc9000375fe90 R14: ffffc9000375fe98 R15: ffffc9000375fdf8 FS: 00005555919e1380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005555919e1ca8 CR3: 000000007f12a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> kernel_migrate_pages+0x5b2/0x750 mm/mempolicy.c:1709 __do_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1727 [inline] __se_sys_migrate_pages mm/mempolicy.c:1723 [inline] __x64_sys_migrate_pages+0x96/0x100 mm/mempolicy.c:1723 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add unlikely()]
Title		mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/091c1dd2d4df6edd1beebe0e5863d4034ade9572 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d9fe2adf8613f9eea1f0c2619c9e2611eae0ea https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13b2b9b0b0b04612c7d81e3b3dfb485c5f7abc3

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Linux Linux Kernel

Redhat Enterprise Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-12-27T14:51:16.163Z

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:55:48.803Z

Reserved: 2024-12-27T14:03:06.013Z

Link: CVE-2024-56611

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T15:42:55.451Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-12-27T15:15:20.587

Modified: 2025-10-01T20:17:30.673

Link: CVE-2024-56611

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-12-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-56611 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Tracking

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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