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CVE-2026-31466

mm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio()

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio() On arm64 server, we found folio that get from migration entry isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio(). This issue triggers when mTHP splitting and zap_nonpresent_ptes() races, and the root cause is lack of memory barrier in softleaf_to_folio(). The race is as follows: CPU0 CPU1 deferred_split_scan() zap_nonpresent_ptes() lock folio split_folio() unmap_folio() change ptes to migration entries __split_folio_to_order() softleaf_to_folio() set flags(including PG_locked) for tail pages folio = pfn_folio(softleaf_to_pfn(entry)) smp_wmb() VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_locked(folio)) prep_compound_page() for tail pages In __split_folio_to_order(), smp_wmb() guarantees page flags of tail pages are visible before the tail page becomes non-compound. smp_wmb() should be paired with smp_rmb() in softleaf_to_folio(), which is missed. As a result, if zap_nonpresent_ptes() accesses migration entry that stores tail pfn, softleaf_to_folio() may see the updated compound_head of tail page before page->flags. This issue will trigger VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() in pfn_swap_entry_folio() because of the race between folio split and zap_nonpresent_ptes() leading to a folio incorrectly undergoing modification without a folio lock being held. This is a BUG_ON() before commit 93976a20345b ("mm: eliminate further swapops predicates"), which in merged in v6.19-rc1. To fix it, add missing smp_rmb() if the softleaf entry is migration entry in softleaf_to_folio() and softleaf_to_page(). [tujinjiang@huawei.com: update function name and comments]

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < 426ee10711586617da869c8bb798214965337617affected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < f1acf5887c2bbaf998dc3fe32c72b7a8b84a3dddaffected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < 722cfaf6b31d31123439e67b5deac6b1261a3deaaffected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < 7ddcf4a245c1c5a91fdd9698757e3d95179ffe41affected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < b8c49ad888892ad7b77062b9c102b799a3e9b4f8affected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < 7ad1997b9bc8032603df8f091761114479285769affected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < 8bfb8414e9f2ce6f5f2f0e3d0da52f2d132128e7affected
  • e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b to < 4c5e7f0fcd592801c9cc18f29f80fbee84eb8669affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.5affected
  • 0 to < 4.5unaffected
  • 5.10.253 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.203 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.168 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.134 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.81 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.21 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.11 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

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