Threats tagged 'ghsa-9m6x-4fj9-2p5c'

CVE-2024-39298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's memory management subsystem. It involves improper handling of dissolved but not removed buddy pages, which can lead to kernel panics during memory failure tests. The issue arises from a race condition in the handling of huge pages and buddy page states, causing invalid page states and kernel crashes.