CVE-2026-98506
En el kernel de Linux se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad:
mm/hugetlb: no disolver páginas gigantes sin soporte en tiempo de ejecución
dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() no comprueba hstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime(h), aunque remove_hugetlb_folio()/update_and_free_hugetlb_folio() abandonan silenciosamente en esos casos, por lo que libera un folio que aún figura en la lista y, si falla la restauración de vmemmap, la operación de reversión de add_hugetlb_folio() corrompe la lista de páginas libres.
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CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días
- 0.20 %
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas
- 9
- Fecha de la puntuación
- 20/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
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"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/hugetlb: do not dissolve gigantic pages without runtime support\n\ndissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() doesn't check\nhstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime(h) though remove_hugetlb_folio()/\nupdate_and_free_hugetlb_folio() silently bail for such folios, so it frees\na still-listed folio and, on vmemmap restore failure, the\nadd_hugetlb_folio() rollback corrupts the free list."
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