CVE-2024-42234

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The "mm: fix crashes from deferred split racing folio migration" commit involved race conditions during large folio handling. Issues arising from deferred splitting and migration processes where improper locking led to double frees and inconsistencies, such as "Bad page state" errors and failed assertions were fixed. The fix improves locking mechanisms and reference management for folios, ensuring safe operations even when folios are temporarily managed outside of global locks.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not impacted by this CVE, as this vulnerability does not affect the specific versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions. This ensures that users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not exposed to the potential risks associated with this issue and no further action or mitigation is necessary for systems running this operating system.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.