mm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio()

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-31466
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-22 14:16:42 UTC
Updated2026-05-07 18:25:42 UTC
DescriptionIn 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(). [[email protected]: update function name and comments]

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.000240000 probability, percentile 0.067930000 (date 2026-04-26)

Problem Types: CWE-362

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b 426ee10711586617da869c8bb798214965337617 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b f1acf5887c2bbaf998dc3fe32c72b7a8b84a3ddd git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b 722cfaf6b31d31123439e67b5deac6b1261a3dea git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b 7ddcf4a245c1c5a91fdd9698757e3d95179ffe41 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b b8c49ad888892ad7b77062b9c102b799a3e9b4f8 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b 7ad1997b9bc8032603df8f091761114479285769 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b 8bfb8414e9f2ce6f5f2f0e3d0da52f2d132128e7 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9b61f19858a5d6c42ce2298cf138279375d0d9b 4c5e7f0fcd592801c9cc18f29f80fbee84eb8669 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.5 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.5 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.253 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.203 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.168 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.134 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.81 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.21 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.19.11 6.19.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ddcf4a245c1c5a91fdd9698757e3d95179ffe41 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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