{"cve":"CVE-2024-40914","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:14.567","modified":"2026-06-17T07:46:51.487","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/huge_memory: don't unpoison huge_zero_folio\n\nWhen I did memory failure tests recently, below panic occurs:\n\n kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:1135!\n invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 9 PID: 137 Comm: kswapd1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-00491-gd5ce28f156fe-dirty #14\n RIP: 0010:shrink_huge_zero_page_scan+0x168/0x1a0\n RSP: 0018:ffff9933c6c57bd0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 000000000000003e RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88f61fc5c9c8\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff88f61fc5c9c0\n RBP: ffffcd7c446b0000 R08: ffffffff9a9405f0 R09: 0000000000005492\n R10: 00000000000030ea R11: ffffffff9a9405f0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88e703c4ac00\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88f61fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 000055f4da6e9878 CR3: 0000000c71048000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  do_shrink_slab+0x14f/0x6a0\n  shrink_slab+0xca/0x8c0\n  shrink_node+0x2d0/0x7d0\n  balance_pgdat+0x33a/0x720\n  kswapd+0x1f3/0x410\n  kthread+0xd5/0x100\n  ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n  </TASK>\n Modules linked in: mce_inject hwpoison_inject\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n RIP: 0010:shrink_huge_zero_page_scan+0x168/0x1a0\n RSP: 0018:ffff9933c6c57bd0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 000000000000003e RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88f61fc5c9c8\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000027 RDI: ffff88f61fc5c9c0\n RBP: ffffcd7c446b0000 R08: ffffffff9a9405f0 R09: 0000000000005492\n R10: 00000000000030ea R11: ffffffff9a9405f0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88e703c4ac00\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88f61fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 000055f4da6e9878 CR3: 0000000c71048000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n\nThe root cause is that HWPoison flag will be set for huge_zero_folio\nwithout increasing the folio refcnt.  But then unpoison_memory() will\ndecrease the folio refcnt unexpectedly as it appears like a successfully\nhwpoisoned folio leading to VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) == 0) when\nreleasing huge_zero_folio.\n\nSkip unpoisoning huge_zero_folio in unpoison_memory() to fix this issue. \nWe're not prepared to unpoison huge_zero_folio yet.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d73477af964dbd7396163a13817baf13940bca9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/688bb46ad339497b5b7f527b6636d2afe04b46af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2494506f30675245a3e6787281f79601af087bf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d72b7711919de49d92a67dfc844a6cf4c23dd794","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe6f86f4b40855a130a19aa589f9ba7f650423f4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40914","score":0.00277,"percentile":0.20191,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}