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CVE-2026-53207

mm/memory-failure: fix hugetlb_lock AA deadlock in get_huge_page_for_hwpoison

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/memory-failure: fix hugetlb_lock AA deadlock in get_huge_page_for_hwpoison Two concurrent madvise(MADV_HWPOISON) calls on the same hugetlb page can trigger a recursive spinlock self-deadlock (AA deadlock) on hugetlb_lock when racing with a concurrent unmap: thread#0 thread#1 -------- -------- madvise(folio, MADV_HWPOISON) -> poisons the folio successfully madvise(folio, MADV_HWPOISON) unmap(folio) try_memory_failure_hugetlb get_huge_page_for_hwpoison spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock) <- held __get_huge_page_for_hwpoison hugetlb_update_hwpoison() -> MF_HUGETLB_FOLIO_PRE_POISONED goto out: folio_put() refcount: 1 -> 0 free_huge_folio() spin_lock_irqsave(&hugetlb_lock) -> AA DEADLOCK! The out: path in __get_huge_page_for_hwpoison() calls folio_put() to drop the GUP reference while the hugetlb_lock is still held by the hugetlb.c wrapper get_huge_page_for_hwpoison(). If concurrent unmap has released the page table mapping reference, folio_put() drops the folio refcount to zero, triggering free_huge_folio() which attempts to re-acquire the non-recursive hugetlb_lock. Fix this by moving hugetlb_lock acquisition from the hugetlb.c wrapper into get_huge_page_for_hwpoison(). Place spin_unlock_irq() before the folio_put() at the out: label so the folio is always released outside the lock. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix race, rename label per Miaohe]

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

  • 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 to < fc3ff42cb0cbf947e4600ae9761c3783760050e2affected
  • 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 to < 77b73b54801ae7137479c141fd0473a491c1dc48affected
  • 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 to < a33bfed648c10f5a1519981dbfad80841191edc8affected
  • 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 to < dd77a83915b07e2b0205adb284f08b39ae31dc4baffected
  • 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 to < bf7ba8f96c258c30393814491930ae4ecdc5fe5eaffected
  • 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 to < 3c2d42b8ee345b17a4ba56b0f6492d1ff4c1178eaffected
  • 62d1655b922958826b7ec22682c3141746f75064affected
  • 5.15.54 to < 5.16affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.18affected
  • 0 to < 5.18unaffected
  • 6.1.176 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.143 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.94 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.36 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.13 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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