{"id":"CVE-2021-46927","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"nitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert\n\nAfter commit 5b78ed24e8ec (\"mm/pagemap: add mmap_assert_locked()\nannotations to find_vma*()\"), the call to get_user_pages() will trigger\nthe mmap assert.\n\nstatic inline void mmap_assert_locked(struct mm_struct *mm)\n{\n\tlockdep_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock);\n\tVM_BUG_ON_MM(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_lock), mm);\n}\n\n[   62.521410] kernel BUG at include/linux/mmap_lock.h:156!\n...........................................................\n[   62.538938] RIP: 0010:find_vma+0x32/0x80\n...........................................................\n[   62.605889] Call Trace:\n[   62.608502]  <TASK>\n[   62.610956]  ? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80\n[   62.614106]  find_extend_vma+0x19/0x80\n[   62.617195]  __get_user_pages+0x9b/0x6a0\n[   62.620356]  __gup_longterm_locked+0x42d/0x450\n[   62.623721]  ? finish_wait+0x41/0x80\n[   62.626748]  ? __kmalloc+0x178/0x2f0\n[   62.629768]  ne_set_user_memory_region_ioctl.isra.0+0x225/0x6a0 [nitro_enclaves]\n[   62.635776]  ne_enclave_ioctl+0x1cf/0x6d7 [nitro_enclaves]\n[   62.639541]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x82/0xb0\n[   62.642620]  do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n[   62.645642]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nUse get_user_pages_unlocked() when setting the enclave memory regions.\nThat's a similar pattern as mmap_read_lock() used together with\nget_user_pages().","publishedAt":"2024-02-27T09:43:56.743Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T13:44:35.485Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"5b78ed24e8ec48602c1d6f5a188e58d000c81e2b","status":"affected","lessThan":"90d2beed5e753805c5eab656b8d48257638fe543","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5b78ed24e8ec48602c1d6f5a188e58d000c81e2b","status":"affected","lessThan":"3a0152b219523227c2a62a0a122cf99608287176","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.15","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.13","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/virt/nitro_enclaves/ne_misc_dev.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90d2beed5e753805c5eab656b8d48257638fe543","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a0152b219523227c2a62a0a122cf99608287176"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:49:16.371Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2021/46xxx/CVE-2021-46927.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2021-46927","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-02-27T09:43:56.743Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T13:44:35.485Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2024-02-25T13:45:52.720Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"nitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnitro_enclaves: Use get_user_pages_unlocked() call to handle mmap assert\n\nAfter commit 5b78ed24e8ec (\"mm/pagemap: add mmap_assert_locked()\nannotations to find_vma*()\"), the call to get_user_pages() will trigger\nthe mmap assert.\n\nstatic inline void mmap_assert_locked(struct mm_struct *mm)\n{\n\tlockdep_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock);\n\tVM_BUG_ON_MM(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_lock), mm);\n}\n\n[   62.521410] kernel BUG at include/linux/mmap_lock.h:156!\n...........................................................\n[   62.538938] RIP: 0010:find_vma+0x32/0x80\n...........................................................\n[   62.605889] Call Trace:\n[   62.608502]  <TASK>\n[   62.610956]  ? 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