x86/mm/pat: Acquire init_mm write lock on collapse to avoid UAF

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-97943
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-25 11:17:21 UTC
Updated2026-09-25 11:17:21 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm/pat: Acquire init_mm write lock on collapse to avoid UAF x86 implements page attribute modification using its Change Page Attributes (CPA) mechanism. This tracks properties of ranges such as cache mode through x86 page attributes, and as part of that logic manipulates kernel page tables. Since commit: 41d88484c71c ("x86/mm/pat: restore large ROX pages after fragmentation") ranges of kernel page table entries can be collapsed into huge page table entries as part of this logic. As part of this collapse, it frees the page tables which the collapsed entries previously pointed to, and it does so without any relevant locks being held to preclude concurrent kernel page table walkers. The only way this code can be reached is if CPA_COLLAPSE is specified, and this is only set in set_memory_rox() via: set_memory_rox() -> change_page_attr_set_clr() -> cpa_flush() -> cpa_collapse_large_pages() Notable users of this are execmem and BPF when manipulating executable mappings. However, this is problematic for ptdump as it walks ranges it does not own and thus runs the risk of a use-after-free on page tables freed underneath it. In addition, concurrent CPA collapse operations are possible which can also cause races. Resolve the issue by acquiring the mmap write lock on init_mm across the whole operation. It is safe to acquire a sleeping lock as all the callers invoke set_memory_rox() from process context and in any case, change_page_attr_set_clr() calls vm_unmap_alias() which ultimately takes a mutex, disallowing atomic context here.

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 41d88484c71cd4f659348da41b7b5b3dbd3be1f6 35820cf8dd521f5a651e221483015b0586794516 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 41d88484c71cd4f659348da41b7b5b3dbd3be1f6 93b98882198b15bd482da1fe8e84b05c7c3b3d83 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 41d88484c71cd4f659348da41b7b5b3dbd3be1f6 a1c7570cedd03372812a5b693732880867babbca git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.15 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.15 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.53 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2.7 7.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.3-rc4 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c7570cedd03372812a5b693732880867babbca 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/35820cf8dd521f5a651e221483015b0586794516 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/93b98882198b15bd482da1fe8e84b05c7c3b3d83 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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