{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-03T03:14:46+00:00","cve":"CVE-2026-53342","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2026-53342","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2026-53342.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53342","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53342"},"summary":{"title":"arm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tables","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tables\n\nSince 5e8eb9aeeda3 (\"arm64: mm: always call PTE/PMD ctor in\n__create_pgd_mapping()\") page-table allocation on ARM64 always calls\npagetable_{pte,pmd,pud,p4d}_ctor().  This sets the page_type to\nPGTY_table, increments NR_PAGETABLE and possible allocates a PTL.  However\nthe matching pagetable_dtor() calls were never added.\n\nWith DEBUG_VM enabled on kernel versions prior to v6.17 without\n2dfcd1608f3a9 (\"mm/page_alloc: let page freeing clear any set page type\")\nthis leads to the following warning when freeing these pages due to\npage->page_type sharing page->_mapcount:\n\n  BUG: Bad page state in process ... pfn:284fbb\n  page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x284fbb\n  flags: 0x17fffc000000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1ffff)\n  page_type: f2(table)\n  page dumped because: nonzero mapcount\n  Call trace:\n   bad_page+0x13c/0x160\n   __free_frozen_pages+0x6cc/0x860\n   ___free_pages+0xf4/0x180\n   free_pages+0x54/0x80\n   free_hotplug_page_range.part.0+0x58/0x90\n   free_empty_tables+0x438/0x500\n   __remove_pgd_mapping.constprop.0+0x60/0xa8\n   arch_remove_memory+0x48/0x80\n   try_remove_memory+0x158/0x1d8\n   offline_and_remove_memory+0x138/0x180\n\nIt can also lead to leaking the ptl allocation if ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS is\ndefined and incorrect NR_PAGETABLE stats.  Fix this by calling\npagetable_dtor() in free_hotplug_pgtable_page() prior to freeing the page\nto undo the effects of calling pagetable_*_ctor().","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"Linux","published_at":"2026-07-01 14:16:42","updated_at":"2026-07-01 14:16:42"},"problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c594b83457ccdee76d458416fb3bc9348a37592f","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c594b83457ccdee76d458416fb3bc9348a37592f","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa688ac9f18207f7452c6472e647c1febaea6a3","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa688ac9f18207f7452c6472e647c1febaea6a3","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f27fcda681021ed3906d3cae7e68b6a57a1d8e","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f27fcda681021ed3906d3cae7e68b6a57a1d8e","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53342","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53342","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 5e8eb9aeeda3a7aaf48efa1d34ae804e894e307f 95f27fcda681021ed3906d3cae7e68b6a57a1d8e git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 5e8eb9aeeda3a7aaf48efa1d34ae804e894e307f aaa688ac9f18207f7452c6472e647c1febaea6a3 git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 5e8eb9aeeda3a7aaf48efa1d34ae804e894e307f c594b83457ccdee76d458416fb3bc9348a37592f git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 6.16","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 6.16 semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 6.18.36 6.18.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.0.13 7.0.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.1 * original_commit_for_fix","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":{"cve_year":"2026","cve_id":"53342","cve":"CVE-2026-53342","epss":"0.001540000","percentile":"0.049750000","score_date":"2026-07-02","updated_at":"2026-07-03 00:06:12"},"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"cna":{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"95f27fcda681021ed3906d3cae7e68b6a57a1d8e","status":"affected","version":"5e8eb9aeeda3a7aaf48efa1d34ae804e894e307f","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"aaa688ac9f18207f7452c6472e647c1febaea6a3","status":"affected","version":"5e8eb9aeeda3a7aaf48efa1d34ae804e894e307f","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"c594b83457ccdee76d458416fb3bc9348a37592f","status":"affected","version":"5e8eb9aeeda3a7aaf48efa1d34ae804e894e307f","versionType":"git"}]},{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"6.16"},{"lessThan":"6.16","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.18.36","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.0.13","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.1","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"cpeMatch":[{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.36","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.13","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"7.1","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","vulnerable":true}],"negate":false,"operator":"OR"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tables\n\nSince 5e8eb9aeeda3 (\"arm64: mm: always call PTE/PMD ctor in\n__create_pgd_mapping()\") page-table allocation on ARM64 always calls\npagetable_{pte,pmd,pud,p4d}_ctor().  This sets the page_type to\nPGTY_table, increments NR_PAGETABLE and possible allocates a PTL.  However\nthe matching pagetable_dtor() calls were never added.\n\nWith DEBUG_VM enabled on kernel versions prior to v6.17 without\n2dfcd1608f3a9 (\"mm/page_alloc: let page freeing clear any set page type\")\nthis leads to the following warning when freeing these pages due to\npage->page_type sharing page->_mapcount:\n\n  BUG: Bad page state in process ... pfn:284fbb\n  page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x284fbb\n  flags: 0x17fffc000000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1ffff)\n  page_type: f2(table)\n  page dumped because: nonzero mapcount\n  Call trace:\n   bad_page+0x13c/0x160\n   __free_frozen_pages+0x6cc/0x860\n   ___free_pages+0xf4/0x180\n   free_pages+0x54/0x80\n   free_hotplug_page_range.part.0+0x58/0x90\n   free_empty_tables+0x438/0x500\n   __remove_pgd_mapping.constprop.0+0x60/0xa8\n   arch_remove_memory+0x48/0x80\n   try_remove_memory+0x158/0x1d8\n   offline_and_remove_memory+0x138/0x180\n\nIt can also lead to leaking the ptl allocation if ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS is\ndefined and incorrect NR_PAGETABLE stats.  Fix this by calling\npagetable_dtor() in free_hotplug_pgtable_page() prior to freeing the page\nto undo the effects of calling pagetable_*_ctor()."}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-07-01T13:32:23.449Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f27fcda681021ed3906d3cae7e68b6a57a1d8e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa688ac9f18207f7452c6472e647c1febaea6a3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c594b83457ccdee76d458416fb3bc9348a37592f"}],"title":"arm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tables","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-53342","datePublished":"2026-07-01T13:32:23.449Z","dateReserved":"2026-06-09T07:44:35.399Z","dateUpdated":"2026-07-01T13:32:23.449Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-07-01 14:16:42","lastModifiedDate":"2026-07-01 14:16:42","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"53342","Ordinal":"1","Title":"arm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tab","CVE":"CVE-2026-53342","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"53342","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tables\n\nSince 5e8eb9aeeda3 (\"arm64: mm: always call PTE/PMD ctor in\n__create_pgd_mapping()\") page-table allocation on ARM64 always calls\npagetable_{pte,pmd,pud,p4d}_ctor().  This sets the page_type to\nPGTY_table, increments NR_PAGETABLE and possible allocates a PTL.  However\nthe matching pagetable_dtor() calls were never added.\n\nWith DEBUG_VM enabled on kernel versions prior to v6.17 without\n2dfcd1608f3a9 (\"mm/page_alloc: let page freeing clear any set page type\")\nthis leads to the following warning when freeing these pages due to\npage->page_type sharing page->_mapcount:\n\n  BUG: Bad page state in process ... pfn:284fbb\n  page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x284fbb\n  flags: 0x17fffc000000000(node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1ffff)\n  page_type: f2(table)\n  page dumped because: nonzero mapcount\n  Call trace:\n   bad_page+0x13c/0x160\n   __free_frozen_pages+0x6cc/0x860\n   ___free_pages+0xf4/0x180\n   free_pages+0x54/0x80\n   free_hotplug_page_range.part.0+0x58/0x90\n   free_empty_tables+0x438/0x500\n   __remove_pgd_mapping.constprop.0+0x60/0xa8\n   arch_remove_memory+0x48/0x80\n   try_remove_memory+0x158/0x1d8\n   offline_and_remove_memory+0x138/0x180\n\nIt can also lead to leaking the ptl allocation if ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS is\ndefined and incorrect NR_PAGETABLE stats.  Fix this by calling\npagetable_dtor() in free_hotplug_pgtable_page() prior to freeing the page\nto undo the effects of calling pagetable_*_ctor().","Type":"Description","Title":"arm64: mm: call pagetable dtor when freeing hot-removed page tab"}]}}}