CVE-2026-53207
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/memory-failure: fix hugetlb_lock AA deadlock in get_huge_page_for_hwpoison
Two concurrent madvise(MADV_HWPOISON) calls on the same hugetlb page can
trigger a recursive spinlock self-deadlock (AA deadlock) on hugetlb_lock
when racing with a concurrent unmap:
thread#0 thread#1
-------- --------
madvise(folio, MADV_HWPOISON)
-> poisons the folio successfully
madvise(folio, MADV_HWPOISON) unmap(folio)
try_memory_failure_hugetlb
get_huge_page_for_hwpoison
spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock) <- held
__get_huge_page_for_hwpoison
hugetlb_update_hwpoison()
-> MF_HUGETLB_FOLIO_PRE_POISONED
goto out:
folio_put()
refcount: 1 -> 0
free_huge_folio()
spin_lock_irqsave(&hugetlb_lock)
-> AA DEADLOCK!
The out: path in __get_huge_page_for_hwpoison() calls folio_put() to drop
the GUP reference while the hugetlb_lock is still held by the hugetlb.c
wrapper get_huge_page_for_hwpoison(). If concurrent unmap has released
the page table mapping reference, folio_put() drops the folio refcount to
zero, triggering free_huge_folio() which attempts to re-acquire the
non-recursive hugetlb_lock.
Fix this by moving hugetlb_lock acquisition from the hugetlb.c wrapper
into get_huge_page_for_hwpoison(). Place spin_unlock_irq() before the
folio_put() at the out: label so the folio is always released outside the
lock.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix race, rename label per Miaohe]
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 < fc3ff42cb0cbf947e4600ae9761c3783760050e2, 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 < 77b73b54801ae7137479c141fd0473a491c1dc48, 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 < a33bfed648c10f5a1519981dbfad80841191edc8, 405ce051236cc65b30bbfe490b28ce60ae6aed85 < dd77a83915b07e2b0205adb284f08b39ae31dc4b … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.18, 0 < 5.18, 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.* … |
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc3ff42cb0cbf947e4600ae9761c3783760050e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77b73b54801ae7137479c141fd0473a491c1dc48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33bfed648c10f5a1519981dbfad80841191edc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd77a83915b07e2b0205adb284f08b39ae31dc4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7ba8f96c258c30393814491930ae4ecdc5fe5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2d42b8ee345b17a4ba56b0f6492d1ff4c1178e