Security Advisory

CVE-2024-43832

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/uv: Don't call folio_wait_writeback() without a folio reference folio_wait_writeback() requires that no spinlocks are held and that a folio reference is held, as documented. After we dropped the PTL, the folio could get freed concurrently. So grab a temporary reference.
Published Date August 17, 2024
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory