CVE-2026-23097 (GCVE-0-2026-23097)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 16:08 – Updated: 2026-02-09 08:38
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Title
migrate: correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: migrate: correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios Syzbot has found a deadlock (analyzed by Lance Yang): 1) Task (5749): Holds folio_lock, then tries to acquire i_mmap_rwsem(read lock). 2) Task (5754): Holds i_mmap_rwsem(write lock), then tries to acquire folio_lock. migrate_pages() -> migrate_hugetlbs() -> unmap_and_move_huge_page() <- Takes folio_lock! -> remove_migration_ptes() -> __rmap_walk_file() -> i_mmap_lock_read() <- Waits for i_mmap_rwsem(read lock)! hugetlbfs_fallocate() -> hugetlbfs_punch_hole() <- Takes i_mmap_rwsem(write lock)! -> hugetlbfs_zero_partial_page() -> filemap_lock_hugetlb_folio() -> filemap_lock_folio() -> __filemap_get_folio <- Waits for folio_lock! The migration path is the one taking locks in the wrong order according to the documentation at the top of mm/rmap.c. So expand the scope of the existing i_mmap_lock to cover the calls to remove_migration_ptes() too. This is (mostly) how it used to be after commit c0d0381ade79. That was removed by 336bf30eb765 for both file & anon hugetlb pages when it should only have been removed for anon hugetlb pages.
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Linux Linux Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < e7396d23f9d5739f56cf9ab430c3a169f5508394 (git)
Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < ad97b9a55246eb940a26ac977f80892a395cabf9 (git)
Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < 5edb9854f8df5428b40990a1c7d60507da5bd330 (git)
Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < 526394af4e8ade89cacd1a9ce2b97712712fcc34 (git)
Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < b75070823b89009f5123fd0e05a8e0c3d39937c1 (git)
Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < 1b68efce6dd483d22f50d0d3800c4cfda14b1305 (git)
Affected: 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 , < b7880cb166ab62c2409046b2347261abf701530e (git)
Affected: ef792d6ce0db6a56e56743b1de1716a982c3b851 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.249 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.199 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.162 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.122 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.68 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.8 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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