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GHSA-XM38-WFRW-X5Q7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hugetlb: only adjust reservation during unmapping if mapcount is 0

Since df7a6d1f6405, __unmap_hugepage_range can adjust reservations. In the case of folio mapped in both a parent and a child, if the parent unmaps the range first, the reservation adjustment will result in an underflow of the reserved count. Once the child unmaps the range, the count is restored. Change __unmap_hugepage_range() to check the mapcount before adjusting the reservation.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-89593 (GCVE-0-2026-89593)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:44 – Updated: 2026-09-14 12:01

Title

hugetlb: only adjust reservation during unmapping if mapcount is 0

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hugetlb: only adjust reservation during unmapping if mapcount is 0 Since df7a6d1f6405, __unmap_hugepage_range can adjust reservations. In the case of folio mapped in both a parent and a child, if the parent unmaps the range first, the reservation adjustment will result in an underflow of the reserved count. Once the child unmaps the range, the count is restored. Change __unmap_hugepage_range() to check the mapcount before adjusting the reservation.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b1b9ca80b795ed2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c65af20cceb7f99…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f001491e5a2ec69a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5120b1e048d48596f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: df7a6d1f64056aec572162c5d35ed9ff86ece6f3 , < b0b1b9ca80b795ed2223e76dd787db7067121fb9 (git) Affected: df7a6d1f64056aec572162c5d35ed9ff86ece6f3 , < a3c65af20cceb7f997847727636b4017326f845d (git) Affected: df7a6d1f64056aec572162c5d35ed9ff86ece6f3 , < 0f001491e5a2ec69aa9d5dd6b799e5742245f9ea (git) Affected: df7a6d1f64056aec572162c5d35ed9ff86ece6f3 , < 5120b1e048d48596ffaec1a8412012a91adba73b (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.9 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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