Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26621
Published: July 11, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94108
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26621
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to system forces huge page alignment on 32-bit systems in mm/huge_memory.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-26621
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7432376c913381c5f24d373a87ff629bbde94b47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ef9ad19e17676b9ef071309bc62020e2373705d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87632bc9ecff5ded93433bc0fca428019bdd1cfe
- https://zolutal.github.io/aslrnt/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/08/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/10/8