CVE-2024-35993

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's memory management system, specifically affecting the handling of hugetlb huge page memory. The issue arises from the foliotesthugetlb function, which can be misled by a concurrent folio split, potentially returning incorrect results for folios that ...

CVE-2024-35993

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: turn foliotesthugetlb into a PageType The current foliotesthugetlb can be fooled by a concurrent folio split into returning true for a folio which has never belonged to hugetlbfs. This can't happen if the caller holds a...

CVE-2024-35993

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: turn foliotesthugetlb into a PageType The current foliotesthugetlb can be fooled by a concurrent folio split into returning true for a folio which has never belonged to hugetlbfs. This can't happen if the caller holds a...

CVE-2024-35993 mm: turn folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: turn foliotesthugetlb into a PageType The current foliotesthugetlb can be fooled by a concurrent folio split into returning true for a folio which has never belonged to hugetlbfs. This can't happen if the caller holds a...

CVE-2024-35993 mm: turn folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: turn foliotesthugetlb into a PageType The current foliotesthugetlb can be fooled by a concurrent folio split into returning true for a folio which has never belonged to hugetlbfs. This can't happen if the caller holds a...

CVE-2024-35993

Astra Linux bulletin confirms CVE-2024-35993 was resolved in the Linux kernel by turning folio_test_hugetlb into a PageType, addressing a race where concurrent folio splits could cause a false hugetlbfs classification. The vulnerability stemmed from folio_test_hugetlb() returning true for a folio...