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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53108" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:30:42.707Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:42:01.977Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53108" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53108.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53108" title: "powerpc/64s: Fix unmap race with PMD migration entries" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/64s: Fix unmap race with PMD migration entries\n\nThe following race is possible with migration swap entries or\ndevice-private THP entries. e.g. when move_pages is called on a PMD THP\npage, then there maybe an intermediate state, where PMD entry acts as\na migration swap entry (pmd_present() is true). Then if an munmap\nhappens at the same time, then this VM_BUG_ON() can happen in\npmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full().\n\nThis patch fixes that.\n\nThread A: move_pages() syscall\n add_folio_for_migration()\n mmap_read_lock(mm)\n folio_isolate_lru(folio)\n mmap_read_unlock(mm)\n\n do_move_pages_to_node()\n migrate_pages()\n try_to_migrate_one()\n spin_lock(ptl)\n set_pmd_migration_entry()\n pmdp_invalidate() # PMD: _PAGE_INVALID | _PAGE_PTE | pfn\n set_pmd_at() # PMD: migration swap entry (pmd_present=0)\n spin_unlock(ptl)\n [page copy phase] # \u003c--- RACE WINDOW --\u003e\n\nThread B: munmap()\n mmap_write_downgrade(mm)\n unmap_vmas() -\u003e zap_pmd_range()\n zap_huge_pmd()\n __pmd_trans_huge_lock()\n pmd_is_huge(): # !pmd_present && !pmd_none -\u003e TRUE (swap entry)\n pmd_lock() -\u003e \t\t# spin_lock(ptl), waits for Thread A to release ptl\n pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full()\n VM_BUG_ON(!pmd_present(*pmdp)) # HITS!\n\n[ 287.738700][ T1867] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[ 287.743843][ T1867] kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c:187!\ncpu 0x0: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c00000044037f4f0]\n pc: c000000000094ca4: pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full+0x6c/0x23c\n lr: c000000000645dec: zap_huge_pmd+0xb0/0x868\n sp: c00000044037f790\n msr: 800000000282b033\n current = 0xc0000004032c1a00\n paca = 0xc000000004fe0000 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x09\n pid = 1867, comm = a.out\nkernel BUG at :187!\nLinux version 6.19.0-12136-g14360d4f917c-dirty (powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #27 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 22 10:38:56 IST 2026\nenter ? for help\n[link register ] c000000000645dec zap_huge_pmd+0xb0/0x868\n[c00000044037f790] c00000044037f7d0 (unreliable)\n[c00000044037f7d0] c000000000645dcc zap_huge_pmd+0x90/0x868\n[c00000044037f840] c0000000005724cc unmap_page_range+0x176c/0x1f40\n[c00000044037fa00] c000000000572ea0 unmap_vmas+0xb0/0x1d8\n[c00000044037fa90] c0000000005af254 unmap_region+0xb4/0x128\n[c00000044037fb50] c0000000005af400 vms_complete_munmap_vmas+0x138/0x310\n[c00000044037fbe0] c0000000005b0f1c do_vmi_align_munmap+0x1ec/0x238\n[c00000044037fd30] c0000000005b3688 __vm_munmap+0x170/0x1f8\n[c00000044037fdf0] c000000000587f74 sys_munmap+0x2c/0x40\n[c00000044037fe10] c000000000032668 system_call_exception+0x128/0x350\n[c00000044037fe50] c00000000000d05c system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\n---- Exception: 3000 (System Call Vectored) at 0000000010064a2c\nSP (7fff9b1ee9c0) is in userspace\n0:mon\u003e zh\n\ncommit a30b48bf1b24 (\"mm/migrate_device: implement THP migration of zone device pages\"),\nenabled migration for device-private PMD entries. Hence this is one\nother path where this warning could get trigger from.\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n WARNING: arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_pgtable.c:199 at hash__pmd_hugepage_update+0x48/0x284, CPU#3: hmm-tests/1905\n Modules linked in: test_hmm\n CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 1905 Comm: hmm-tests Tainted: G B W L N 7.0.0-rc1-01438-g7e2f0ee7581c #21 PREEMPT\n Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP, [N]=TEST\n Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER10 (architected) 0x801200 0xf000006 of:SLOF,git-ee03ae pSeries\n NIP [c000000000096b70] hash__pmd_hugepage_update+0x48/0x284\n LR [c000000000096e7c] hash__pmdp_huge_get_and_clear+0xd0/0xd4\n Call Trace:\n [c000000604707670] [c000000004e102b8] 0xc000000004e102b8 (unreliable)\n [c000000604707700] [c00000000064ec3c] set_pmd_migration_entry+0x414/0x498\n [c000000604707760] [c00000000063e5a4] migrate_vma_col\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"75358ea359e7c0dfceb3c7b3d854570b4260cb7f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6f571bf37da84ab822bf22341d48655312aaee20"},{"version":"75358ea359e7c0dfceb3c7b3d854570b4260cb7f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5c8dd49f4a857aa40c4a8694930509d159feae24"},{"version":"75358ea359e7c0dfceb3c7b3d854570b4260cb7f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"09207dc57ab4cb8967e6cad55a37e15ff8523d41"},{"version":"75358ea359e7c0dfceb3c7b3d854570b4260cb7f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"829367e55012c053738ebe7db20c4a90d6609ece"},{"version":"75358ea359e7c0dfceb3c7b3d854570b4260cb7f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bbcbf045d6c778e82b47a35fc8728387708e9a3d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.8"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.114","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.57","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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