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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/64s: Fix unmap race with PMD migration entries
The following race is possible with migration swap entries or
device-private THP entries. e.g. when move_pages is called on a PMD THP
page, then there maybe an intermediate state, where PMD entry acts as
a migration swap entry (pmd_present() is true). Then if an munmap
happens at the same time, then this VM_BUG_ON() can happen in
pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full().
This patch fixes that.
Thread A: move_pages() syscall
add_folio_for_migration()
mmap_read_lock(mm)
folio_isolate_lru(folio)
mmap_read_unlock(mm)
do_move_pages_to_node()
migrate_pages()
try_to_migrate_one()
spin_lock(ptl)
set_pmd_migration_entry()
pmdp_invalidate() # PMD: _PAGE_INVALID | _PAGE_PTE | pfn
set_pmd_at() # PMD: migration swap entry (pmd_present=0)
spin_unlock(ptl)
[page copy phase] # <--- RACE WINDOW -->
Thread B: munmap()
mmap_write_downgrade(mm)
unmap_vmas() -> zap_pmd_range()
zap_huge_pmd()
__pmd_trans_huge_lock()
pmd_is_huge(): # !pmd_present && !pmd_none -> TRUE (swap entry)
pmd_lock() -> # spin_lock(ptl), waits for Thread A to release ptl
pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full()
VM_BUG_ON(!pmd_present(*pmdp)) # HITS!
[ 287.738700][ T1867] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 287.743843][ T1867] kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c:187!
cpu 0x0: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c00000044037f4f0]
pc: c000000000094ca4: pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full+0x6c/0x23c
lr: c000000000645dec: zap_huge_pmd+0xb0/0x868
sp: c00000044037f790
msr: 800000000282b033
current = 0xc0000004032c1a00
paca = 0xc000000004fe0000 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x09
pid = 1867, comm = a.out
kernel BUG at :187!
Linux version 6.19.0-12136-g14360d4f917c-dirty (powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #27 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 22 10:38:56 IST 2026
enter ? for help
[link register ] c000000000645dec zap_huge_pmd+0xb0/0x868
[c00000044037f790] c00000044037f7d0 (unreliable)
[c00000044037f7d0] c000000000645dcc zap_huge_pmd+0x90/0x868
[c00000044037f840] c0000000005724cc unmap_page_range+0x176c/0x1f40
[c00000044037fa00] c000000000572ea0 unmap_vmas+0xb0/0x1d8
[c00000044037fa90] c0000000005af254 unmap_region+0xb4/0x128
[c00000044037fb50] c0000000005af400 vms_complete_munmap_vmas+0x138/0x310
[c00000044037fbe0] c0000000005b0f1c do_vmi_align_munmap+0x1ec/0x238
[c00000044037fd30] c0000000005b3688 __vm_munmap+0x170/0x1f8
[c00000044037fdf0] c000000000587f74 sys_munmap+0x2c/0x40
[c00000044037fe10] c000000000032668 system_call_exception+0x128/0x350
[c00000044037fe50] c00000000000d05c system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
---- Exception: 3000 (System Call Vectored) at 0000000010064a2c
SP (7fff9b1ee9c0) is in userspace
0:mon> zh
commit a30b48bf1b24 ("mm/migrate_device: implement THP migration of zone device pages"),
enabled migration for device-private PMD entries. Hence this is one
other path where this warning could get trigger from.
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_pgtable.c:199 at hash__pmd_hugepage_update+0x48/0x284, CPU#3: hmm-tests/1905
Modules linked in: test_hmm
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 1905 Comm: hmm-tests Tainted: G B W L N 7.0.0-rc1-01438-g7e2f0ee7581c #21 PREEMPT
Tainted: [B]=BAD_PAGE, [W]=WARN, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP, [N]=TEST
Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER10 (architected) 0x801200 0xf000006 of:SLOF,git-ee03ae pSeries
NIP [c000000000096b70] hash__pmd_hugepage_update+0x48/0x284
LR [c000000000096e7c] hash__pmdp_huge_get_and_clear+0xd0/0xd4
Call Trace:
[c000000604707670] [c000000004e102b8] 0xc000000004e102b8 (unreliable)
[c000000604707700] [c00000000064ec3c] set_pmd_migration_entry+0x414/0x498
[c000000604707760] [c00000000063e5a4] migrate_vma_col
---truncated---
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/pgtable-frag: Fix bad page state in pte_frag_destroy
powerpc uses pt_frag_refcount as a reference counter for tracking it's
pte and pmd page table fragments. For PTE table, in case of Hash with
64K pagesize, we have 16 fragments of 4K size in one 64K page.
Patch series [1] "mm: free retracted page table by RCU"
added pte_free_defer() to defer the freeing of PTE tables when
retract_page_tables() is called for madvise MADV_COLLAPSE on shmem
range.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7cd843a9-aa80-14f-5eb2-33427363c20@google.com/
pte_free_defer() sets the active flag on the corresponding fragment's
folio & calls pte_fragment_free(), which reduces the pt_frag_refcount.
When pt_frag_refcount reaches 0 (no active fragment using the folio), it
checks if the folio active flag is set, if set, it calls call_rcu to
free the folio, it the active flag is unset then it calls pte_free_now().
Now, this can lead to following problem in a corner case...
[ 265.351553][ T183] BUG: Bad page state in process a.out pfn:20d62
[ 265.353555][ T183] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x20d62
[ 265.355457][ T183] flags: 0x3ffff800000100(active|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff)
[ 265.358719][ T183] raw: 003ffff800000100 0000000000000000 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000
[ 265.360177][ T183] raw: 0000000000000000 c0000000119caf58 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
[ 265.361438][ T183] page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set
[ 265.362572][ T183] Modules linked in:
[ 265.364622][ T183] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 183 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.18.0-rc3-00141-g1ddeaaace7ff-dirty #53 VOLUNTARY
[ 265.364785][ T183] Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER10 (architected) 0x801200 0xf000006 of:SLOF,git-ee03ae pSeries
[ 265.364908][ T183] Call Trace:
[ 265.364955][ T183] [c000000011e6f7c0] [c000000001cfaa18] dump_stack_lvl+0x130/0x148 (unreliable)
[ 265.365202][ T183] [c000000011e6f7f0] [c000000000794758] bad_page+0xb4/0x1c8
[ 265.365384][ T183] [c000000011e6f890] [c00000000079c020] __free_frozen_pages+0x838/0xd08
[ 265.365554][ T183] [c000000011e6f980] [c0000000000a70ac] pte_frag_destroy+0x298/0x310
[ 265.365729][ T183] [c000000011e6fa30] [c0000000000aa764] arch_exit_mmap+0x34/0x218
[ 265.365912][ T183] [c000000011e6fa80] [c000000000751698] exit_mmap+0xb8/0x820
[ 265.366080][ T183] [c000000011e6fc30] [c0000000001b1258] __mmput+0x98/0x300
[ 265.366244][ T183] [c000000011e6fc80] [c0000000001c81f8] do_exit+0x470/0x1508
[ 265.366421][ T183] [c000000011e6fd70] [c0000000001c95e4] do_group_exit+0x88/0x148
[ 265.366602][ T183] [c000000011e6fdc0] [c0000000001c96ec] pid_child_should_wake+0x0/0x178
[ 265.366780][ T183] [c000000011e6fdf0] [c00000000003a270] system_call_exception+0x1b0/0x4e0
[ 265.366958][ T183] [c000000011e6fe50] [c00000000000d05c] system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec
The bad page state error occurs when such a folio gets freed (with
active flag set), from do_exit() path in parallel.
... this can happen when the pte fragment was allocated from this folio,
but when all the fragments get freed, the pte_frag_refcount still had some
unused fragments. Now, if this process exits, with such folio as it's cached
pte_frag in mm->context, then during pte_frag_destroy(), we simply call
pagetable_dtor() and pagetable_free(), meaning it doesn't clear the
active flag. This, can lead to the above bug. Since we are anyway in
do_exit() path, then if the refcount is 0, then I guess it should be
ok to simply clear the folio active flag before calling pagetable_dtor()
& pagetable_free().
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/bpf: Zero-extend bpf prog return values and kfunc arguments
s390x ABI requires callers to zero-extend unsigned arguments and
sign-extend signed arguments, and callees to zero-extend unsigned
return values and sign-extend signed return values.
s390 BPF JIT currently implements only sign extension. Fix this
omission and implement zero extension too.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: test_run: Fix the null pointer dereference issue in bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap
The bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap helper needs to access skb_dst(skb)->dev to
calculate the needed headroom:
err = skb_cow_head(skb,
len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(skb_dst(skb)->dev));
But skb->_skb_refdst may not be initialized when the skb is set up by
bpf_prog_test_run_skb function. Executing bpf_lwt_push_ip_encap function
in this scenario will trigger null pointer dereference, causing a kernel
crash as Yinhao reported:
[ 105.186365] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[ 105.186382] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 105.186388] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 105.186393] PGD 121d3d067 P4D 121d3d067 PUD 106c83067 PMD 0
[ 105.186404] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 105.186412] CPU: 3 PID: 3250 Comm: poc Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.19.0-rc5 #1
[ 105.186423] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 105.186427] RIP: 0010:bpf_lwt_push_ip_encap+0x1eb/0x520
[ 105.186443] Code: 0f 84 de 01 00 00 0f b7 4a 04 66 85 c9 0f 85 47 01 00 00 31 c0 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3 cc cc cc cc 48 8b 73 58 48 83 e6 fe <48> 8b 36 0f b7 be ec 00 00 00 0f b7 b6 e6 00 00 00 01 fe 83 e6 f0
[ 105.186449] RSP: 0018:ffffbb0e0387bc50 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 105.186455] RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffff94c74e036500 RCX: ffff94c74874da00
[ 105.186460] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff94c74e036500
[ 105.186463] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 105.186467] R10: ffffbb0e0387bd50 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffbb0e0387bc98
[ 105.186471] R13: 0000000000000014 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000002
[ 105.186484] FS: 00007f166aa4d680(0000) GS:ffff94c8b7780000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 105.186490] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 105.186494] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000015eade001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[ 105.186499] PKRU: 55555554
[ 105.186502] Call Trace:
[ 105.186507] <TASK>
[ 105.186513] bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap+0x2b/0x40
[ 105.186522] bpf_prog_a75eaad51e517912+0x41/0x49
[ 105.186536] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x18/0x30
[ 105.186547] ? ktime_get+0x3c/0xa0
[ 105.186554] bpf_test_run+0x195/0x320
[ 105.186563] ? bpf_test_run+0x10f/0x320
[ 105.186579] bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0x2f5/0x4f0
[ 105.186590] __sys_bpf+0x69c/0xa40
[ 105.186603] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1e/0x30
[ 105.186611] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x110
[ 105.186620] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0
[ 105.186649] RIP: 0033:0x7f166a97455d
Temporarily add the setting of skb->_skb_refdst before bpf_test_run to resolve the issue.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtlwifi: pci: fix possible use-after-free caused by unfinished irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet
The irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is initialized in rtl_pci_init() and
scheduled when RTL_IMR_BCNINT interrupt is triggered by hardware.
But it is never killed in rtl_pci_deinit(). When the rtlwifi card
probe fails or is being detached, the ieee80211_hw is deallocated.
However, irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet may still be running or pending,
leading to use-after-free when the freed ieee80211_hw is accessed
in _rtl_pci_prepare_bcn_tasklet().
Similar to irq_tasklet, add tasklet_kill() in rtl_pci_deinit() to
ensure that irq_prepare_bcn_tasklet is properly terminated before
the ieee80211_hw is released.
The issue was identified through static analysis.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: fix memory leaks in beacon template setup
The functions ath11k_mac_setup_bcn_tmpl_ema() and
ath11k_mac_setup_bcn_tmpl_mbssid() allocate memory for beacon templates
but fail to free it when parameter setup returns an error.
Since beacon templates must be released during normal execution, they
must also be released in the error handling paths to prevent memory
leaks.
Fix this by using unified exit paths with proper cleanup in the respective
error paths.
Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bus: fsl-mc: use generic driver_override infrastructure
When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match()
callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the
driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF.
Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking
care of proper locking internally.
Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock
held is intentional. [1]
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix use-after-free bugs in mt7915_mac_dump_work()
When the mt7915 pci chip is detaching, the mt7915_crash_data is
released in mt7915_coredump_unregister(). However, the work item
dump_work may still be running or pending, leading to UAF bugs
when the already freed crash_data is dereferenced again in
mt7915_mac_dump_work().
The race condition can occur as follows:
CPU 0 (removal path) | CPU 1 (workqueue)
mt7915_pci_remove() | mt7915_sys_recovery_set()
mt7915_unregister_device() | mt7915_reset()
mt7915_coredump_unregister() | queue_work()
vfree(dev->coredump.crash_data) | mt7915_mac_dump_work()
| crash_data-> // UAF
Fix this by ensuring dump_work is properly canceled before
the crash_data is deallocated. Add cancel_work_sync() in
mt7915_unregister_device() to synchronize with any pending
or executing dump work.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: Fix memory leak after mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req()
mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req() allocates an skb which is expected to
be freed eventually by mt76_mcu_skb_send_msg(). However, currently if
an intermediate function fails before sending, the allocated skb is
leaked.
Specifically, mt76_connac_mcu_sta_wed_update() and
mt76_connac_mcu_sta_key_tlv() may fail, leading to an immediate memory
leak in the error path.
Fix this by explicitly freeing the skb in these error paths.
Commit 7c0f63fe37a5 ("wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix memory leak on
mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv error") made a similar change.
Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Do not allow deleting local storage in NMI
Currently, local storage may deadlock when deferring freeing selem or
local storage through kfree_rcu(), call_rcu() or call_rcu_tasks_trace()
in NMI or reentrant. Since deleting selem in NMI is an unlikely use
case, partially mitigate it by returning error when calling from
bpf_xxx_storage_delete() helpers in NMI. Note that, it is still possible
to deadlock through reentrant. A full mitigation requires returning
error when irqs_disabled() is true, which, however is too heavy-handed
for bpf_xxx_storage_delete().
The long-term solution requires _nolock versions of call_rcu. Another
possible solution is to defer the free through irq_work [0], but it
would grow the size of selem, which is non-ideal.
The check is only needed in bpf_selem_unlink(), which is used by helpers
and syscalls. bpf_selem_unlink_nofail() is fine as it is called during
map and owner tear down that never run in NMI or reentrant.
[0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260205190233.912-1-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com/
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-06-24