CVE-2026-53154
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/hugetlb: restore reservation on error in hugetlb folio copy paths
Two sites in mm/hugetlb.c allocate a hugetlb folio via
alloc_hugetlb_folio() (consuming a VMA reservation) and then call
copy_user_large_folio(), which became int-returning in commit 1cb9dc4b475c
("mm: hwpoison: support recovery from HugePage copy-on-write faults") and
can now fail (e.g. -EHWPOISON on a hwpoisoned source page). On the
failure path, folio_put() restores the global hugetlb pool count through
free_huge_folio(), but the per-VMA reservation map entry is left marked
consumed:
- hugetlb_mfill_atomic_pte() resubmission path (UFFDIO_COPY)
- copy_hugetlb_page_range() fork-time CoW path when
hugetlb_try_dup_anon_rmap() fails (rare: pinned hugetlb anon
folio under fork)
User-visible effect: on UFFDIO_COPY into a private hugetlb VMA where the
resubmission copy fails, the reservation for that address is leaked from
the VMA's reserve map. A subsequent fault at the same address takes the
no-reservation path, and under hugetlb pool pressure the task is SIGBUSed
at an address it had previously reserved. The fork-time CoW path leaks
the same way in the child VMA's reserve map, though it requires the much
rarer combination of pinned hugetlb anon page + hwpoisoned source.
Add the missing restore_reserve_on_error() call before folio_put() on both
error paths.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 1cb9dc4b475c7418f925ab0c97b6750007d9f52e < 8d6e1dd3ad1340cd8b6d554b7aa93d8f0a1c6d38, 1cb9dc4b475c7418f925ab0c97b6750007d9f52e < e47bf16af3c45470ea32f2241fa69aefe0dd61bd, 1cb9dc4b475c7418f925ab0c97b6750007d9f52e < c72469ac0f274bde3f0df60a4584e14a123d0aa6, 1cb9dc4b475c7418f925ab0c97b6750007d9f52e < 45e33d43243d71d089af42f5077b8213cee6610f … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.4, 0 < 6.4, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.94 ≤ 6.12.* … |
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6e1dd3ad1340cd8b6d554b7aa93d8f0a1c6d38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e47bf16af3c45470ea32f2241fa69aefe0dd61bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c72469ac0f274bde3f0df60a4584e14a123d0aa6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45e33d43243d71d089af42f5077b8213cee6610f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40c81856e622a9dc59294a90d169ac07ea25b0b0