Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26621

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: hugememory: don't force huge page alignment on 32 bit commit efa7df3e3bb5 mm: align larg...

CVE-2024-26621

CVE-2024-26621 affects the Linux kernel mm subsystem: huge_memory/THP alignment on 32-bit architectures. The issue arose from a change that aligned larger anonymous mappings on THP boundaries, which is problematic on 32-bit virtual address spaces. The vulnerability is resolved in the provided adv...

CVE-2024-26621 mm: huge_memory: don't force huge page alignment on 32 bit

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: hugememory: 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...