Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/smaps: fix race between smaps_hugetlb_range and migration smaps_hugetlb_range() handles the pte without holdling ptl, and may be concurrenct with migration, leaing to BUG_ON in pfn_swap_entry_to_page(). The race is as follows. smaps_hugetlb_range migrate_pages huge_ptep_get remove_migration_ptes folio_unlock pfn_swap_entry_folio BUG_ON To fix it, hold ptl lock in smaps_hugetlb_range().
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/09fc018f48871123ad5dbd7b03c956580232ed76 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a1f3663974162b8f1e098196f557cfc1d160138 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45d19b4b6c2d422771c29b83462d84afcbb33f01 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b625883ccbcc2b57808db51d1375b1d7b9bcb3e5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ee0d97298b0547cb26b6957ccfea2d356bd0e7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76089018b34dbe0c2e9b67c5b7d8860668748bb
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.7
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-362
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