Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/migrate_device: clear stale mapping after freeing swapcache
__migrate_device_pages() reads the folio mapping before calling folio_free_swap(). When folio_free_swap() succeeds, the folio is removed from the swap cache, but the saved mapping still points to swap_space.
Passing the stale mapping to folio_migrate_mapping() makes it use the mapped-folio path for a folio that is no longer in swapcache. It can then operate on swap_space.i_pages with invalid reference accounting, eventually triggering a folio reference count BUG.
After a successful split, nr still contains the number of pages in the original large folio, although each resulting page is now a separate order-0 folio. Reset nr to 1 so each split folio is processed separately, including its own swapcache removal and mapping lookup.
Refresh the saved mapping after folio_free_swap() so the current folio state is used during migration.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1, < 92db780dd644590c751246187e1229d5ac2e5544; >= df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1, < 4fa91f7bbc4135240b67daac03fc17d9e180a331; >= df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1, < 8ffedc6573a665cdc31ebe47eae7b32b78d0df83; >= df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1, < 34a00895d032a414830d41106a09329ae6c251b6 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.6 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 6, 2026
- NVD status
- Received