Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
- EPSS is 0.21% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2024-56628High confidence
LoongArch: Add architecture specific huge_pte_clear()
Linux · Linux
7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Patch only the product branches with a verified fix
Fix availability varies by productHigh technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 2 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
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Open reassessment dashboard →Operational reassessment
Published severity in operational context
Published severityHigh→Operational priority:Medium, lowered one band.downgradedsince 5 Aug 2026
Compensating controls
- Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
- Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Linux Linux and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Remediation availability differs by product scope
Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 2 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
- Canonical Ubuntu Security: 2 affected package states with no published fix
Distribution package intelligence
6 package statesRelease-specific package status
Debian, ubuntu findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.
Package result overrides the generic status
BlackTree has verified remediation for at least one product or source, but the relevant distribution still reports no fixed package for 2 affected package states shown here. Treat those rows as affected with no fix until that distribution publishes a fixed version.
Repository candidate not checked
A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.
| Distribution release | Source package | Vendor state | Fixed version | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian trixietrixie · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.12.5-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian bookwormbookworm · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.1.123-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian forkyforky · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.12.5-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian sidsid · source | linux | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 6.12.5-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-raspi-realtime | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | linux-realtime | Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 2 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.
Fix availability varies by product01
What, why and how
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Add architecture specific huge_pte_clear() When executing mm selftests run_vmtests.sh, there is such an error: BUG: Bad page state in process uffd-unit-tests pfn:00000 page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x0 flags: 0xffff0000002000(reserved|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0xffff) raw: 00ffff0000002000 ffffbf0000000008 ffffbf0000000008 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_seq snd_seq_device rfkill vfat fat virtio_balloon efi_pstore virtio_net pstore net_failover failover fuse nfnetlink virtio_scsi virtio_gpu virtio_dma_buf dm_multipath efivarfs CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1913 Comm: uffd-unit-tests Not tainted 6.12.0 #184 Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 Stack : 900000047c8ac000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a7c 900000047c8ac000 900000047c8af690 900000047c8af698 0000000000000000 900000047c8af7d8 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af5b0 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 900000047c8af698 10b3c7d53da40d26 0000010000000000 0000000000000022 0000000fffffffff fffffffffe000000 ffff800000000000 000000000000002f 0000800000000000 000000017a6d4000 90000000028f8940 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 90000000025aa5e0 9000000002905000 0000000000000000 90000000028f8940 ffff800000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a94 000000012001839c 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1d ... Call Trace: [<9000000000223a94>] show_stack+0x5c/0x180 [<9000000001c3fd64>] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0xa0 [<900000000056aa08>] bad_page+0x1a0/0x1f0 [<9000000000574978>] free_unref_folios+0xbf0/0xd20 [<90000000004e65cc>] folios_put_refs+0x1a4/0x2b8 [<9000000000599a0c>] free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x164/0x260 [<9000000000547698>] tlb_batch_pages_flush+0xa8/0x1c0 [<9000000000547f30>] tlb_finish_mmu+0xa8/0x218 [<9000000000543cb8>] exit_mmap+0x1a0/0x360 [<9000000000247658>] __mmput+0x78/0x200 [<900000000025583c>] do_exit+0x43c/0xde8 [<9000000000256490>] do_group_exit+0x68/0x110 [<9000000000256554>] sys_exit_group+0x1c/0x20 [<9000000001c413b4>] do_syscall+0x94/0x130 [<90000000002216d8>] handle_syscall+0xb8/0x158 Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint BUG: non-zero pgtables_bytes on freeing mm: -16384 On LoongArch system, invalid huge pte entry should be invalid_pte_table or a single _PAGE_HUGE bit rather than a zero value. And it should be the same with invalid pmd entry, since pmd_none() is called by function free_pgd_range() and pmd_none() return 0 by huge_pte_clear(). So single _PAGE_HUGE bit is also treated as a valid pte table and free_pte_range() will be called in free_pmd_range(). free_pmd_range() pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr); do { next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end); if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd)) continue; free_pte_range(tlb, pmd, addr); } while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end); Here invalid_pte_table is used for both invalid huge pte entry and pmd entry.
What
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Add architecture specific huge_pte_clear() When executing mm selftests run_vmtests.sh, there is such an error: BUG: Bad page state in process uffd-unit-tests pfn:00000 page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x0 flags: 0xffff0000002000(reserved|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0xffff) raw: 00ffff0000002000 ffffbf0000000008 ffffbf0000000008 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_seq snd_seq_device rfkill vfat fat virtio_balloon efi_pstore virtio_net pstore net_failover failover fuse nfnetlink virtio_scsi virtio_gpu virtio_dma_buf dm_multipath efivarfs CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1913 Comm: uffd-unit-tests Not tainted 6.12.0 #184 Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 Stack : 900000047c8ac000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a7c 900000047c8ac000 900000047c8af690 900000047c8af698 0000000000000000 900000047c8af7d8 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af5b0 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 900000047c8af698 10b3c7d53da40d26 0000010000000000 0000000000000022 0000000fffffffff fffffffffe000000 ffff800000000000 000000000000002f 0000800000000000 000000017a6d4000 90000000028f8940 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 90000000025aa5e0 9000000002905000 0000000000000000 90000000028f8940 ffff800000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a94 000000012001839c 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1d ... Call Trace: [<9000000000223a94>] show_stack+0x5c/0x180 [<9000000001c3fd64>] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0xa0 [<900000000056aa08>] bad_page+0x1a0/0x1f0 [<9000000000574978>] free_unref_folios+0xbf0/0xd20 [<90000000004e65cc>] folios_put_refs+0x1a4/0x2b8 [<9000000000599a0c>] free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x164/0x260 [<9000000000547698>] tlb_batch_pages_flush+0xa8/0x1c0 [<9000000000547f30>] tlb_finish_mmu+0xa8/0x218 [<9000000000543cb8>] exit_mmap+0x1a0/0x360 [<9000000000247658>] __mmput+0x78/0x200 [<900000000025583c>] do_exit+0x43c/0xde8 [<9000000000256490>] do_group_exit+0x68/0x110 [<9000000000256554>] sys_exit_group+0x1c/0x20 [<9000000001c413b4>] do_syscall+0x94/0x130 [<90000000002216d8>] handle_syscall+0xb8/0x158 Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint BUG: non-zero pgtables_bytes on freeing mm: -16384 On LoongArch system, invalid huge pte entry should be invalid_pte_table or a single _PAGE_HUGE bit rather than a zero value. And it should be the same with invalid pmd entry, since pmd_none() is called by function free_pgd_range() and pmd_none() return 0 by huge_pte_clear(). So single _PAGE_HUGE bit is also treated as a valid pte table and free_pte_range() will be called in free_pmd_range(). free_pmd_range() pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr); do { next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end); if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd)) continue; free_pte_range(tlb, pmd, addr); } while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end); Here invalid_pte_table is used for both invalid huge pte entry and pmd entry.
Why
The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Add architecture specific huge_pte_clear() When executing mm selftests run_vmtests.sh, there is such an error: BUG: Bad page state in process uffd-unit-tests pfn:00000 page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x0 flags: 0xffff0000002000(reserved|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0xffff) raw: 00ffff0000002000 ffffbf0000000008 ffffbf0000000008 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_seq snd_seq_device rfkill vfat fat virtio_balloon efi_pstore virtio_net pstore net_failover failover fuse nfnetlink virtio_scsi virtio_gpu virtio_dma_buf dm_multipath efivarfs CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1913 Comm: uffd-unit-tests Not tainted 6.12.0 #184 Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 Stack : 900000047c8ac000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a7c 900000047c8ac000 900000047c8af690 900000047c8af698 0000000000000000 900000047c8af7d8 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af7d0 900000047c8af5b0 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 900000047c8af698 10b3c7d53da40d26 0000010000000000 0000000000000022 0000000fffffffff fffffffffe000000 ffff800000000000 000000000000002f 0000800000000000 000000017a6d4000 90000000028f8940 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 90000000025aa5e0 9000000002905000 0000000000000000 90000000028f8940 ffff800000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 9000000000223a94 000000012001839c 00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1d ... Call Trace: [<9000000000223a94>] show_stack+0x5c/0x180 [<9000000001c3fd64>] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0xa0 [<900000000056aa08>] bad_page+0x1a0/0x1f0 [<9000000000574978>] free_unref_folios+0xbf0/0xd20 [<90000000004e65cc>] folios_put_refs+0x1a4/0x2b8 [<9000000000599a0c>] free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x164/0x260 [<9000000000547698>] tlb_batch_pages_flush+0xa8/0x1c0 [<9000000000547f30>] tlb_finish_mmu+0xa8/0x218 [<9000000000543cb8>] exit_mmap+0x1a0/0x360 [<9000000000247658>] __mmput+0x78/0x200 [<900000000025583c>] do_exit+0x43c/0xde8 [<9000000000256490>] do_group_exit+0x68/0x110 [<9000000000256554>] sys_exit_group+0x1c/0x20 [<9000000001c413b4>] do_syscall+0x94/0x130 [<90000000002216d8>] handle_syscall+0xb8/0x158 Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint BUG: non-zero pgtables_bytes on freeing mm: -16384 On LoongArch system, invalid huge pte entry should be invalid_pte_table or a single _PAGE_HUGE bit rather than a zero value. And it should be the same with invalid pmd entry, since pmd_none() is called by function free_pgd_range() and pmd_none() return 0 by huge_pte_clear(). So single _PAGE_HUGE bit is also treated as a valid pte table and free_pte_range() will be called in free_pmd_range(). free_pmd_range() pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr); do { next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end); if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd)) continue; free_pte_range(tlb, pmd, addr); } while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end); Here invalid_pte_table is used for both invalid huge pte entry and pmd entry.
Why
The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
02
Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- local access → vulnerable operation → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
- Attack surface
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low: a basic authenticated account is required
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
- Security boundary
- Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration. - CWE not yet assigned
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
03
Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Fix availability varies by product
- Action
- Use the product-specific evidence above. Patch only products with a verified fixed release, and keep every affected or under-investigation state without a matching fix in the remediation queue.
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04
Evidence and provenance
Published 27 Dec 2024 · Last source change 5 Aug 2026, 11:45 UTC · CWE not yet assigned
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-53276
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceUnavailable
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment
Missing structured fields: CWE classification. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.
Material change intelligence
View recent updates ↗What changed after publication
No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.