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CVE-2024-26621

Medium

Elevated severity or exploit probability.

CVSS base
8.2 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.0%
61.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
Published 2024-03-02 · modified 2026-08-04

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack VectorNNetwork
Attack ComplexityLLow
Privileges RequiredNNone
User InteractionNNone
ScopeUUnchanged
ConfidentialityHHigh
IntegrityNNone
AvailabilityLLow

Timeline

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: huge_memory: 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 sense to force huge page alignment on 32 bit system due to the constrained virtual address space. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/d0a136a0-4a31-46bc-adf4-2db109a61672@kernel.org/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAJuCfpHXLdQy1a2B6xN2d7quTYwg2OoZseYPZTRpU0eHHKD-sQ@mail.gmail.com/

Affected

linux

References

Official: NVD · CVE.org