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CVE-2024-42267: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error() Handle VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in the page fault path so that we correctly kill the process and we don't BUG() the kernel.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.15 before 5.10.224; from 5.11 before 5.15.165; from 5.16 before 6.1.104; from 6.2 before 6.6.45; from 6.7 before 6.10.4; 6.11-rc1 — fixed in 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104, 6.10.4, 6.6.45

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.104, 6.10.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c710050c47d45eb77b28c271cddefc5c785cb40
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20dbdebc5580cd472a310d56a6e252275ee4c864
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59be4a167782d68e21068a761b90b01fadc09146
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917f598209f3f5e4ab175d5079d8aeb523e58b1f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4e7db757e2d7f4c407a007e92c98477eab215d2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7ccf2ca772bfe33e2c53ef80fa20d2d87eb6144
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

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