PT-2024-5438
CVE-2024-39477
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Published
2024-06-05
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Updated
2026-08-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the
mm/hugetlb module in the Linux kernel, where the function vma needs reservation() can return -ENOMEM if allocate file region entries() fails to allocate the file region struct for the reservation. This can cause a problem when calling vma add reservation() and lead to a denial of service. The unmap hugepage range() function is also affected. If vma needs reservation() returns -ENOMEM, the hugetlb restore reserve flag is cleared to prevent free huge folio() from incrementing the resv count.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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