cve/2024/CVE-2024-42258.md

CVE-2024-42258

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:mm: huge_memory: use !CONFIG_64BIT to relax huge page alignment on 32 bit machinesYves-Alexis Perez reported commit 4ef9ad19e176 ("mm: huge_memory: don'tforce huge page alignment on 32 bit") didn't work for x86_32 [1]. It isbecause 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/

POC

Reference

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Github

• https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds