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But then unpoison_memory() will\ndecrease the folio refcnt unexpectedly as it appears like a successfully\nhwpoisoned folio leading to VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) == 0) when\nreleasing huge_zero_folio.\n\nSkip unpoisoning huge_zero_folio in unpoison_memory() to fix this issue. \nWe're not prepared to unpoison huge_zero_folio yet.", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "f8f836100fff594cea8a0a027affb9d5520f09a7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "688bb46ad339497b5b7f527b6636d2afe04b46af" }, { "version": "478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "b2494506f30675245a3e6787281f79601af087bf" }, { "version": "478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "0d73477af964dbd7396163a13817baf13940bca9" }, { "version": "478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "d72b7711919de49d92a67dfc844a6cf4c23dd794" }, { "version": "478d134e9506c7e9bfe2830ed03dd85e97966313", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "fe6f86f4b40855a130a19aa589f9ba7f650423f4" }, { "version": "13d9b8cd12f37d133b07ea5b323583e8a0c6b738", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5.15.41", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.15.162" }, { "version": "5.17.9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.18" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "5.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "5.18" }, { "version": "5.15.162", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.95", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.6.35", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.9.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*" }, { "version": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }