{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2024-40914",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-40914"
  ],
  "published": "2024-07-12T12:27:31Z",
  "summary": "mm/huge_memory: don't unpoison huge_zero_folio",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/huge_memory: don't unpoison huge_zero_folio\n\nWhen I did memory failure tests recently, below panic occurs:\n\n kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:1135!\n invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 9 PID: 137 Comm: kswapd1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-00491-gd5ce28f156fe-dirty #14\n RIP: 0010:shrink_huge_zero_page_scan+0x168/0x1a0\n RSP: 0018:ffff9933c6c57bd0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 000000000000003e RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88f61fc5c9c8\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff88f61fc5c9c0\n RBP: ffffcd7c446b0000 R08: ffffffff9a9405f0 R09: 0000000000005492\n R10: 00000000000030ea R11: ffffffff9a9405f0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88e703c4ac00\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88f61fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 000055f4da6e9878 CR3: 0000000c71048000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  do_shrink_slab+0x14f/0x6a0\n  shrink_slab+0xca/0x8c0\n  shrink_node+0x2d0/0x7d0\n  balance_pgdat+0x33a/0x720\n  kswapd+0x1f3/0x410\n  kthread+0xd5/0x100\n  ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n  </TASK>\n Modules linked in: mce_inject hwpoison_inject\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n RIP: 0010:shrink_huge_zero_page_scan+0x168/0x1a0\n RSP: 0018:ffff9933c6c57bd0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 000000000000003e RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88f61fc5c9c8\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff88f61fc5c9c0\n RBP: ffffcd7c446b0000 R08: ffffffff9a9405f0 R09: 0000000000005492\n R10: 00000000000030ea R11: ffffffff9a9405f0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88e703c4ac00\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88f61fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 000055f4da6e9878 CR3: 0000000c71048000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n\nThe root cause is that HWPoison flag will be set for huge_zero_folio\nwithout increasing the folio refcnt.  But then unpoison_memory() will\ndecrease the folio refcnt unexpectedly as it appears like a successfully\nhwpoisoned folio leading to VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) == 0) when\nreleasing huge_zero_folio.\n\nSkip unpoisoning huge_zero_folio in unpoison_memory() to fix this issue. \nWe're not prepared to unpoison huge_zero_folio yet.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.95",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40914"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/688bb46ad339497b5b7f527b6636d2afe04b46af"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2494506f30675245a3e6787281f79601af087bf"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d73477af964dbd7396163a13817baf13940bca9"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d72b7711919de49d92a67dfc844a6cf4c23dd794"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe6f86f4b40855a130a19aa589f9ba7f650423f4"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-24T06:48:58Z"
  }
}