pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails In persistent_ram_vmap(), vmap() may return NULL on failure. If offset is non-zero, adding offset_in_page(start) causes the function to return a non-NULL pointer even though the mapping failed. persistent_ram_buffer_map() therefore incorrectly returns success. Subsequent access to prz->buffer may dereference an invalid address and cause crashes. Add proper NULL checking for vmap() failures.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1071 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pstore: ram_core: fix incorrect success return when vmap() fails In persistent_ram_vmap(), vmap() may return NULL on failure. If offset is non-zero, adding offset_in_page(start) causes the function to return a non-NULL pointer even though the mapping failed. persistent_ram_buffer_map() therefore incorrectly returns success. Subsequent access to prz->buffer may dereference an invalid address and cause crashes. Add proper NULL checking for vmap() failures.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05363abc7625cf18c96e67f50673cd07f11da5e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da904e84de608907662ad8a51ba9c571d61e003
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c99326dc1c79b7ce3c8dd92929b5ce724ff70eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49918dd52615097529811d21ec6074dd02ebe77c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d5b28f63c7aac1271784e3b800ed405d1cde75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8baa234181f632cabacf73e4834a910859e9fcc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d849adfbc3e98417fb541620568db1a759ef441
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47234840aeb4182ed3ee795c578b1dfa9cbd25b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43124.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43124