In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when deleted
Migration may be raced with fallocating hole. remove_inode_single_folio will unmap the folio if the folio is still mapped. However, it's called without folio lock. If the folio is migrated and the mapped pte has been converted to migration entry, folio_mapped() returns false, and won't unmap it. Due to extra refcount held by remove_inode_single_folio, migration fails, restores migration entry to normal pte, and the folio is mapped again. As a result, we triggered BUG in filemap_unaccount_folio.
The log is as follows: BUG: Bad page cache in process hugetlb pfn:156c00 page: refcount:515 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000099fef6e1 index:0x0 pfn:0x156c00 head: order:9 mapcount:1 entire_mapcount:1 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 aops:hugetlbfs_aops ino:dcc dentry name(?):"my_hugepage_file" flags: 0x17ffffc00000c1(locked|waiters|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) page_type: f4(hugetlb) page dumped because: still mapped when deleted CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 395 Comm: hugetlb Not tainted 6.17.0-rc5-00044-g7aac71907bde-dirty #484 NONE Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x70 filemap_unaccount_folio+0xc4/0x1c0 __filemap_remove_folio+0x38/0x1c0 filemap_remove_folio+0x41/0xd0 remove_inode_hugepages+0x142/0x250 hugetlbfs_fallocate+0x471/0x5a0 vfs_fallocate+0x149/0x380
Hold folio lock before checking if the folio is mapped to avold race with migration.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.194-135.217Upgrade kernelUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.245-241.976 | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Nov 13, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools | Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftool | Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perf | Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1029-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1041-nvidia-tegra-igx-rtUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-106-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1095-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1052-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade 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| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | May 27, 2026 | Oct 20, 2025 |
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