CVE-2024-50222: iov_iter: fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() if KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 3a303409f271dfe0987b8f79595138340497a32d, 4f7ffa83fa79dd52efbaef366c850aaaae06a469, c749d9b7ebbc5716af7a95f7768634b30d9446ec; azl3 kernel 6.6.57.1-7 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.64.2-1; azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.64.2-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3a303409f271dfe0987b8f79595138340497a32d, 4f7ffa83fa79dd52efbaef366c850aaaae06a469, c749d9b7ebbc5716af7a95f7768634b30d9446ec; azl3 kernel 6.6.57.1-7 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.64.2-1; azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.64.2-1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iov_iter: fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() if KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP generic/077 on x86_32 CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP=y with highmem, on huge=always tmpfs, issues a warning and then hangs (interruptibly): WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 3517 at mm/highmem.c:622 kunmap_local_indexed+0x62/0xc9 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 3517 Comm: cp Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4 #2 ... copy_page_from_iter_atomic+0xa6/0x5ec generic_perform_write+0xf6/0x1b4 shmem_file_write_iter+0x54/0x67 Fix copy_page_from_iter_atomic() by limiting it in that case (include/linux/skbuff.h skb_frag_must_loop() does similar). But going forward, perhaps CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL_FORCE_MAP is too surprising, has outlived its usefulness, and should just be removed?
- Published
- Nov 9, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 14th percentile
- CWE
- —
Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.8
- CNA · Linux
- 7.0
- 0.8 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel6.6 and later · before 6.6.60
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.11.7
- linux linux kernel6.12
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.6affected
- 908a1ad89466c1febf20bfe0037b84fc66f8a3f8 and later · before 4f7ffa83fa79dd52efbaef366c850aaaae06a469affected · git
- 908a1ad89466c1febf20bfe0037b84fc66f8a3f8 and later · before 3a303409f271dfe0987b8f79595138340497a32daffected · git
- 908a1ad89466c1febf20bfe0037b84fc66f8a3f8 and later · before c749d9b7ebbc5716af7a95f7768634b30d9446ecaffected · git
- before 6.6not affected · semver
- 6.6.60 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.11.7 and later · up to and including 6.11.*not affected · semver
- 6.12 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.11.7-1 | 6.11.7-1 |
Same product
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- CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV85Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-50220Nov 9, 2024 · fork: do not invoke uffd on fork if error occurs18Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-50221Nov 9, 2024 · drm/amd/pm: Vangogh: Fix kernel memory out of bounds write31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-50223Nov 9, 2024 · sched/numa: Fix the potential null pointer dereference in task_numa_work()22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 3a303409f271dfe0987b8f79595138340497a32d | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 4f7ffa83fa79dd52efbaef366c850aaaae06a469 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | c749d9b7ebbc5716af7a95f7768634b30d9446ec | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.57.1-7 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.64.2-1 · CBL-Mariner Releases | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.64.2-1 · CBL-Mariner Releases | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.11.7-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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