CVE-2026-53207
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
mm/memory-failure: fix hugetlb_lock AA deadlock in get_huge_page_for_hwpoison
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]
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
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 | affected | git | fc3ff42cb0cbf947e4600ae9761c3783760050e2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 | affected | git | 77b73b54801ae7137479c141fd0473a491c1dc48 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 | affected | git | a33bfed648c10f5a1519981dbfad80841191edc8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 | affected | git | dd77a83915b07e2b0205adb284f08b39ae31dc4b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 | affected | git | bf7ba8f96c258c30393814491930ae4ecdc5fe5e | Unavailable | None listed |
| 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 | affected | git | 3c2d42b8ee345b17a4ba56b0f6492d1ff4c1178e | Unavailable | None listed |
| 62d1655b922958826b7ec22682c3141746f75064 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.54 | affected | semver | 5.16 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.18 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.18 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.176 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.143 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.94 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.36 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.0.13 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.* | None listed |
| 7.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |