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CVE-2026-23097

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
Source updated
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

migrate: correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: migrate: correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios Syzbot has found a deadlock (analyzed by Lance Yang): 1) Task (5749): Holds folio_lock, then tries to acquire i_mmap_rwsem(read lock). 2) Task (5754): Holds i_mmap_rwsem(write lock), then tries to acquire folio_lock. migrate_pages() -> migrate_hugetlbs() -> unmap_and_move_huge_page() <- Takes folio_lock! -> remove_migration_ptes() -> __rmap_walk_file() -> i_mmap_lock_read() <- Waits for i_mmap_rwsem(read lock)! hugetlbfs_fallocate() -> hugetlbfs_punch_hole() <- Takes i_mmap_rwsem(write lock)! -> hugetlbfs_zero_partial_page() -> filemap_lock_hugetlb_folio() -> filemap_lock_folio() -> __filemap_get_folio <- Waits for folio_lock! The migration path is the one taking locks in the wrong order according to the documentation at the top of mm/rmap.c. So expand the scope of the existing i_mmap_lock to cover the calls to remove_migration_ptes() too. This is (mostly) how it used to be after commit c0d0381ade79. That was removed by 336bf30eb765 for both file & anon hugetlb pages when it should only have been removed for anon hugetlb pages.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgite7396d23f9d5739f56cf9ab430c3a169f5508394UnavailableNone listed
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgitad97b9a55246eb940a26ac977f80892a395cabf9UnavailableNone listed
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgit5edb9854f8df5428b40990a1c7d60507da5bd330UnavailableNone listed
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgit526394af4e8ade89cacd1a9ce2b97712712fcc34UnavailableNone listed
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgitb75070823b89009f5123fd0e05a8e0c3d39937c1UnavailableNone listed
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgit1b68efce6dd483d22f50d0d3800c4cfda14b1305UnavailableNone listed
336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217affectedgitb7880cb166ab62c2409046b2347261abf701530eUnavailableNone listed
ef792d6ce0db6a56e56743b1de1716a982c3b851affectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
5.9.9affectedsemver5.10UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.10affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.10UnavailableNone listed
5.10.249unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.199unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.162unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.122unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.68unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.8unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
6.19unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed