Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages") introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before proceeding with the split work. This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer dereference. This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before any attempt to access mapping->flags.
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
7.0%
Details
Status
published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.17.11linux
linux/Kernel
6.9.0 - 6.12.61linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.9
Linux/Linux
6.12.61 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.17.11 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux
6.18
Linux/Linux
6.9
Linux/Linux
c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 - 592db83615a9f0164472ec789c2ed34ad35f732f
Linux/Linux
c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 - cff47b9e39a6abf03dde5f4f156f841b0c54bba0
Linux/Linux
c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9 - d1b83fbacd4397a1d2f8c6b13427a8636ae2b307
Published
Dec 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026