CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-26621

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the mm subsystem has an issue where large anonymous mappings are forced to align on THP boundaries on 32-bit systems. This forcing is not sensible on 32-bit systems due to constrained virtual address space and causes reported problems.

Risk Assessment

This may lead to application malfunctions or memory allocation issues on 32-bit systems, affecting system stability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that does not force huge page alignment on 32-bit systems.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: huge_memory: don't force huge page alignment on 32 bit commit efa7df3e3bb5 ("mm: align larger anonymous mappings on THP boundaries") caused two issues [1] [2] reported on 32 bit system or compat userspace. It doesn't make too much sense to force huge page alignment on 32 bit system due to the constrained virtual address space. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAJuCfpHXLdQy1a2B6xN2d7quTYwg2OoZseYPZTRpU0eHHKD-sQ@mail.gmail.com/

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