# CVE-2024-35987: riscv: Fix loading 64-bit NOMMU kernels past the start of RAM

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-20 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Fix loading 64-bit NOMMU kernels past the start of RAM commit 3335068f8721 ("riscv: Use PUD/P4D/PGD pages for the linear mapping") added logic to allow using RAM below the kernel load address. However, this does not work for NOMMU, where PAGE_OFFSET is fixed to the kernel load address. Since that range of memory corresponds to PFNs below ARCH_PFN_OFFSET, mm initialization runs off the beginning of mem_map and corrupts adjacent kernel memory. Fix this by restoring the previous behavior for NOMMU kernels.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b008e327fa570aca210f98c817757649bae56694
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6628e4e2353978af7e3b4ad4fdaab6149acf3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aea702dde7e9876fb00571a2602f25130847bf0f

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