{"cve":"CVE-2024-42258","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-12T15:15:20.983","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:42.900","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: huge_memory: use !CONFIG_64BIT to relax huge page alignment on 32 bit machines\n\nYves-Alexis Perez reported commit 4ef9ad19e176 (\"mm: huge_memory: don't\nforce huge page alignment on 32 bit\") didn't work for x86_32 [1].  It is\nbecause x86_32 uses CONFIG_X86_32 instead of CONFIG_32BIT.\n\n!CONFIG_64BIT should cover all 32 bit machines.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAHbLzkr1LwH3pcTgM+aGQ31ip2bKqiqEQ8=FQB+t2c3dhNKNHA@mail.gmail.com/","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e1f4efb8d6140b2ec79bf760c43e1fc186e8dfc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f2914dd4b47d2fad3deef0d700f9526d98d11f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c399fe433a115e9d3693169b5f357f3194af0a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9592025000b3cf26c742f3505da7b83aedc26d5","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42258","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12594,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}