# CVE-2024-42267: riscv/mm: Add handling for VM\_FAULT\_SIGSEGV in mm\_fault\_error()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-17 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59be4a167782d68e21068a761b90b01fadc09146
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20dbdebc5580cd472a310d56a6e252275ee4c864
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7ccf2ca772bfe33e2c53ef80fa20d2d87eb6144
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/917f598209f3f5e4ab175d5079d8aeb523e58b1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4e7db757e2d7f4c407a007e92c98477eab215d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c710050c47d45eb77b28c271cddefc5c785cb40

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