Bug 2304187 (CVE-2024-42258)

Summary:	CVE-2024-42258 kernel: mm: huge_memory: use !CONFIG_64BIT to relax huge page alignment on 32 bit machines
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-08-12 19:06:06 UTC

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

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-42258 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024081216-CVE-2024-42258-e3f3@gregkh/T

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:38:35 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:9315 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315