CVE-2024-42267

kernel: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV in mm_fault_error()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 17, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-99 · Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')