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HistoryAug 12, 2024 - 2:16 p.m.

CVE-2024-42258 mm: huge_memory: use !CONFIG_64BIT to relax huge page alignment on 32 bit machines

2024-08-1214:16:13
Linux
github.com
3
linux
kernel
security
patch
relaxation
huge page
32 bit

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm: huge_memory: use !CONFIG_64BIT to relax huge page alignment on 32 bit machines

Yves-Alexis Perez reported commit 4ef9ad19e176 (“mm: huge_memory: don’t
force huge page alignment on 32 bit”) didn’t work for x86_32 [1]. It is
because x86_32 uses CONFIG_X86_32 instead of CONFIG_32BIT.

!CONFIG_64BIT should cover all 32 bit machines.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAHbLzkr1LwH3pcTgM+aGQ31ip2bKqiqEQ8=FQB+t2c3dhNKNHA@mail.gmail.com/

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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