GHSA-M8V3-M8MG-RRC7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-18 15:31 – Updated: 2026-02-18 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic
commit 8b47299a411a ("mm, swap: mark swap address space ro and add context debug check") made the swap address space read-only. It may lead to kernel panic if arch_prepare_to_swap returns a failure under heavy memory pressure as follows,
el1_abort+0x40/0x64 el1h_64_sync_handler+0x48/0xcc el1h_64_sync+0x84/0x88 errseq_set+0x4c/0xb8 (P) __filemap_set_wb_err+0x20/0xd0 shrink_folio_list+0xc20/0x11cc evict_folios+0x1520/0x1be4 try_to_shrink_lruvec+0x27c/0x3dc shrink_one+0x9c/0x228 shrink_node+0xb3c/0xeac do_try_to_free_pages+0x170/0x4f0 try_to_free_pages+0x334/0x534 __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim+0x90/0x158 __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x334/0x588 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x224/0x2fc __folio_alloc_noprof+0x14/0x64 vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio+0x34/0x44 do_pte_missing+0xad4/0x1040 handle_mm_fault+0x4a4/0x790 do_page_fault+0x288/0x5f8 do_translation_fault+0x38/0x54 do_mem_abort+0x54/0xa8
Restore swap address space as not ro to avoid the panic.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23211"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-18T15:18:42Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic\n\ncommit 8b47299a411a (\"mm, swap: mark swap address space ro and add context\ndebug check\") made the swap address space read-only. It may lead to\nkernel panic if arch_prepare_to_swap returns a failure under heavy memory\npressure as follows,\n\nel1_abort+0x40/0x64\nel1h_64_sync_handler+0x48/0xcc\nel1h_64_sync+0x84/0x88\nerrseq_set+0x4c/0xb8 (P)\n__filemap_set_wb_err+0x20/0xd0\nshrink_folio_list+0xc20/0x11cc\nevict_folios+0x1520/0x1be4\ntry_to_shrink_lruvec+0x27c/0x3dc\nshrink_one+0x9c/0x228\nshrink_node+0xb3c/0xeac\ndo_try_to_free_pages+0x170/0x4f0\ntry_to_free_pages+0x334/0x534\n__alloc_pages_direct_reclaim+0x90/0x158\n__alloc_pages_slowpath+0x334/0x588\n__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x224/0x2fc\n__folio_alloc_noprof+0x14/0x64\nvma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio+0x34/0x44\ndo_pte_missing+0xad4/0x1040\nhandle_mm_fault+0x4a4/0x790\ndo_page_fault+0x288/0x5f8\ndo_translation_fault+0x38/0x54\ndo_mem_abort+0x54/0xa8\n\nRestore swap address space as not ro to avoid the panic.",
"id": "GHSA-m8v3-m8mg-rrc7",
"modified": "2026-02-18T15:31:27Z",
"published": "2026-02-18T15:31:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23211"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0f3c0845a4ff68d403c568266d17e9cc553e561"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0020cbd26380177b9fb8b7e75a8f7bdba79db20"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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