Vulnerability · Published Jan 11, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-52319mm: use aligned address in clear_gigantic_page()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: use aligned address in clear_gigantic_page() In current kernel, hugetlb_no_page() calls folio_zero_user() with the fault address. Where the fault address may be not aligned with the huge page size. Then, folio_zero_user() may call clear_gigantic_page() with the address, while clear_gigantic_page() requires the address to be huge page size aligned. So, this may cause memory corruption or information leak, addtional, use more obvious naming 'addr_hint' instead of 'addr' for clear_gigantic_page().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52319
Debian:14linux6.12.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-52319

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 78fefd04c123493bbf28434768fa577b2153c79b – before b79b6fe0737f233f0be1465052b7f0e75f32473578fefd04c123493bbf28434768fa577b2153c79b – before 8aca2bc96c833ba695ede7a45ad7784c836a262e
Linux Linux 6.11

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