CVE-2026-31466
mm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio()
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Public Exploits
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Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio() On arm64 server, we found folio that get from migration entry isn't locked
in softleaf_to_folio(). This issue triggers when mTHP splitting and
zap_nonpresent_ptes() races, and the root cause is lack of memory barrier
in softleaf_to_folio(). The race is as follows: CPU0 CPU1 deferred_split_scan() zap_nonpresent_ptes() lock folio split_folio() unmap_folio() change ptes to migration entries __split_folio_to_order() softleaf_to_folio() set flags(including PG_locked) for tail pages folio = pfn_folio(softleaf_to_pfn(entry)) smp_wmb() VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_locked(folio)) prep_compound_page() for tail pages In __split_folio_to_order(), smp_wmb() guarantees page flags of tail pages
are visible before the tail page becomes non-compound. smp_wmb() should
be paired with smp_rmb() in softleaf_to_folio(), which is missed. As a
result, if zap_nonpresent_ptes() accesses migration entry that stores tail
pfn, softleaf_to_folio() may see the updated compound_head of tail page
before page->flags. This issue will trigger VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() in pfn_swap_entry_folio()
because of the race between folio split and zap_nonpresent_ptes()
leading to a folio incorrectly undergoing modification without a folio
lock being held. This is a BUG_ON() before commit 93976a20345b ("mm: eliminate further
swapops predicates"), which in merged in v6.19-rc1. To fix it, add missing smp_rmb() if the softleaf entry is migration entry
in softleaf_to_folio() and softleaf_to_page(). [tujinjiang@huawei.com: update function name and comments]
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Timeline
- 2026-03-09 CVE Reserved
- 2026-04-22 CVE Published
- 2026-05-08 EPSS Updated
- 2026-05-11 CVE Updated
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References (9)
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 5.10.253 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 5.10.253" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 5.15.203 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 5.15.203" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.1.168 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.1.168" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.6.134 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.6.134" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.12.81 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.12.81" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.18.21 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.18.21" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 6.19.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 6.19.11" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.5 < 7.0 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 7.0" | en |
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