CVE-2026-46017

MEDIUM

mm: fix deferred split queue races during migration

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: fix deferred split queue races during migration migrate_folio_move() records the deferred split queue state from src and replays it on dst. Replaying it after remove_migration_ptes(src, dst, 0) makes dst visible before it is requeued, so a concurrent rmap-removal path can mark dst partially mapped and trip the WARN in deferred_split_folio(). Move the requeue before remove_migration_ptes() so dst is back on the deferred split queue before it becomes visible again. Because migration still holds dst locked at that point, teach deferred_split_scan() to requeue a folio when folio_trylock() fails. Otherwise a fully mapped underused folio can be dequeued by the shrinker and silently lost from split_queue. [[email protected]: move the comment]

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 0.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel < 7.0.4linux
Linux/Linux < 7.0.4
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3bac01168982ec3e3bf87efdc1807c7933590a85
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - cbf75cf212ee6e499abc1757fb4b5ae6d70ed0aa
Linux/Linux 7.0.4 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
Linux/Linux 7.1-rc1
linux/linux_kernel < 7.0.4
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026