# CVE-2024-27007: userfaultfd: change src\_folio after ensuring it's unpinned in UFFDIO\_MOVE

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userfaultfd: change src_folio after ensuring it's unpinned in UFFDIO_MOVE Commit d7a08838ab74 ("mm: userfaultfd: fix unexpected change to src_folio when UFFDIO_MOVE fails") moved the src_folio->{mapping, index} changing to after clearing the page-table and ensuring that it's not pinned. This avoids failure of swapout+migration and possibly memory corruption. However, the commit missed fixing it in the huge-page case.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df5f6e683e7f21a15d8be6e7a0c7a46436963ebe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0205eaf3af9f5db14d4b5ee4abacf4a583c3c50

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