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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-46852

Linux kernel: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler Until VM_DONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 ("dma-buf: heaps: Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile") it was possible to obtain a mapping larger than the buffer size via mremap and bypass the overflow check in dma_buf_mmap_internal.

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1)
Chance of exploitation
Not estimated
Sources
1 source

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

Read NVD CVE-2024-46852 (opens a new tab)

What happened

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

dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler

Until VM_DONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 ("dma-buf: heaps: Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile") it was possible to obtain a mapping larger than the buffer size via mremap and bypass the overflow check in dma_buf_mmap_internal.

When using such a mapping to attempt to fault past the end of the buffer, the CMA heap fault handler also checks the fault offset against the buffer size, but gets the boundary wrong by 1. Fix the boundary check so that we don't read off the end of the pages array and insert an arbitrary page in the mapping.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

7.8

Version 3.1As of

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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EPSS probability

Not available

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Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2024-46852 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

    Published Checked

  2. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

    Published Date not suppliedChecked

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, November 3). Linux kernel: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler (CVE-2024-46852). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2024-46852

MLA

"Linux kernel: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler (CVE-2024-46852)." KEVWire, 3 Nov. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2024-46852.

Chicago

KEVWire. "Linux kernel: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler (CVE-2024-46852)." Last modified November 3, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2024-46852.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Linux kernel: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler (Sep 27, 2024).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler

Until VM_DONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 ("dma-buf: heaps:
Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile") it was possible to obtain
a mapping larger than the buffer size via mremap and bypass the overflow
check in dma_buf_mmap_internal. When using such a mapping to attempt to
fault past the end of the buffer, the CMA heap fault handler also checks
the fault offset against the buffer size, but gets the boundary wrong by
1.
CVSS 7.8 (version 3.1; evidence as of Nov 3, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46852).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2024-46852: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46852
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-03T20:56:06.501Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-03T22:25:56.572Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
Record ID: CVE-2024-46852.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

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NVD status: Modified. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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