In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
alpha: fix user-space corruption during memory compaction
Alpha systems can suffer sporadic user-space crashes and heap corruption when memory compaction is enabled.
Symptoms include SIGSEGV, glibc allocator failures (e.g. "unaligned tcache chunk"), and compiler internal errors. The failures disappear when compaction is disabled or when using global TLB invalidation.
The root cause is insufficient TLB shootdown during page migration. Alpha relies on ASN-based MM context rollover for instruction cache coherency, but this alone is not sufficient to prevent stale data or instruction translations from surviving migration.
Fix this by introducing a migration-specific helper that combines: - MM context invalidation (ASN rollover), - immediate per-CPU TLB invalidation (TBI), - synchronous cross-CPU shootdown when required.
The helper is used only by migration/compaction paths to avoid changing global TLB semantics.
Additionally, update flush_tlb_other(), pte_clear(), to use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for correct SMP memory ordering.
This fixes observed crashes on both UP and SMP Alpha systems.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-develUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.16-18.222Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-common | May 19, 2026 | May 6, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1057-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1029-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1045-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-fipsUpgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1032-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-laptop-23.10Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-gkeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1029-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-ibmUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1062-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azureUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1055-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2049-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1057-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8 | Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 |
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