CVE-2021-47492

mm, thp: bail out early in collapse_file for writeback page

Published May 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm, thp: bail out early in collapse_file for writeback page

Currently collapse_file does not explicitly check PG_writeback, instead,
page_has_private and try_to_release_page are used to filter writeback
pages. This does not work for xfs with blocksize equal to or larger
than pagesize, because in such case xfs has no page->private.

This makes collapse_file bail out early for writeback page. Otherwise,
xfs end_page_writeback will panic as follows.

page:fffffe00201bcc80 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff0003f88c86a8 index:0x0 pfn:0x84ef32
aops:xfs_address_space_operations [xfs] ino:30000b7 dentry name:"libtest.so"
flags: 0x57fffe0000008027(locked|referenced|uptodate|active|writeback)
raw: 57fffe0000008027 ffff80001b48bc28 ffff80001b48bc28 ffff0003f88c86a8
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff ffff0000c3e9a000
page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(((unsigned int) page_ref_count(page) + 127u <= 127u))
page->mem_cgroup:ffff0000c3e9a000
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:1212!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in:
BUG: Bad page state in process khugepaged pfn:84ef32
xfs(E)
page:fffffe00201bcc80 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0 index:0x0 pfn:0x84ef32
libcrc32c(E) rfkill(E) aes_ce_blk(E) crypto_simd(E) ...
CPU: 25 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/25 Kdump: loaded Tainted: ...
pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
Call trace:
end_page_writeback+0x1c0/0x214
iomap_finish_page_writeback+0x13c/0x204
iomap_finish_ioend+0xe8/0x19c
iomap_writepage_end_bio+0x38/0x50
bio_endio+0x168/0x1ec
blk_update_request+0x278/0x3f0
blk_mq_end_request+0x34/0x15c
virtblk_request_done+0x38/0x74 [virtio_blk]
blk_done_softirq+0xc4/0x110
__do_softirq+0x128/0x38c
__irq_exit_rcu+0x118/0x150
irq_exit+0x1c/0x30
__handle_domain_irq+0x8c/0xf0
gic_handle_irq+0x84/0x108
el1_irq+0xcc/0x180
arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40
default_idle_call+0x4c/0x1a0
cpuidle_idle_call+0x168/0x1e0
do_idle+0xb4/0x104
cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x9c
secondary_start_kernel+0x104/0x180
Code: d4210000 b0006161 910c8021 94013f4d (d4210000)
---[ end trace 4a88c6a074082f8c ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops - BUG: Fatal exception in interrupt

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics 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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 8:48 AM
Reserved
May 22, 2024, 6:20 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 22, 2024, 9:15 AM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 10:17 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 22, 2024, 12:00 AM