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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Dec 2, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 19, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

mm: page_alloc: move mlocked flag clearance into free_pages_prepare()

Syzbot reported a bad page state problem caused by a page being freed
using free_page() still having a mlocked flag at free_pages_prepare()
stage:

BUG: Bad page state in process syz.5.504 pfn:61f45
page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x61f45
flags: 0xfff00000080204(referenced|workingset|mlocked|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000080204 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x400dc0(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT|__GFP_ZERO), pid 8443, tgid 8442 (syz.5.504), ts 201884660643, free_ts 201499827394
set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
post_alloc_hook+0x1f3/0x230 mm/page_alloc.c:1537
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1545 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0x303f/0x3190 mm/page_alloc.c:3457
__alloc_pages_noprof+0x292/0x710 mm/page_alloc.c:4733
alloc_pages_mpol_noprof+0x3e8/0x680 mm/mempolicy.c:2265
kvm_coalesced_mmio_init+0x1f/0xf0 virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c:99
kvm_create_vm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1235 [inline]
kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5488 [inline]
kvm_dev_ioctl+0x12dc/0x2240 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5530
__do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:1007 [inline]
__se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x510/0xc90 fs/ioctl.c:950
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:165 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xb4/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:386
do_fast_syscall_32+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:411
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e
page last free pid 8399 tgid 8399 stack trace:
reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1108 [inline]
free_unref_folios+0xf12/0x18d0 mm/page_alloc.c:2686
folios_put_refs+0x76c/0x860 mm/swap.c:1007
free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x5c8/0x690 mm/swap_state.c:335
__tlb_batch_free_encoded_pages mm/mmu_gather.c:136 [inline]
tlb_batch_pages_flush mm/mmu_gather.c:149 [inline]
tlb_flush_mmu_free mm/mmu_gather.c:366 [inline]
tlb_flush_mmu+0x3a3/0x680 mm/mmu_gather.c:373
tlb_finish_mmu+0xd4/0x200 mm/mmu_gather.c:465
exit_mmap+0x496/0xc40 mm/mmap.c:1926
__mmput+0x115/0x390 kernel/fork.c:1348
exit_mm+0x220/0x310 kernel/exit.c:571
do_exit+0x9b2/0x28e0 kernel/exit.c:926
do_group_exit+0x207/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:1088
__do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1099 [inline]
__se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1097 [inline]
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1097
x64_sys_call+0x2634/0x2640 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:232
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8442 Comm: syz.5.504 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Call Trace:

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
bad_page+0x176/0x1d0 mm/page_alloc.c:501
free_page_is_bad mm/page_alloc.c:918 [inline]
free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1100 [inline]
free_unref_page+0xed0/0xf20 mm/page_alloc.c:2638
kvm_destroy_vm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1327 [inline]
kvm_put_kvm+0xc75/0x1350 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1386
kvm_vcpu_release+0x54/0x60 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4143
__fput+0x23f/0x880 fs/file_table.c:431
task_work_run+0x24f/0x310 kernel/task_work.c:239
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:43 [inline]
do_exit+0xa2f/0x28e0 kernel/exit.c:939
do_group_exit+0x207/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:1088
__do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1099 [in
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 2, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 2, 2024
Last updated Sep 19, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(27th percentile)

Weaknesses

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2024-53105

GHSA ID

GHSA-h3v5-36cc-xmc7

Source code

No known source code

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