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.
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
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-develUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.16-18.222Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra | May 19, 2026 | May 6, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-azureUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1062-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1057-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1055-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2049-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-genericUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1029-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1045-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1032-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-laptop-23.10Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1058-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1060-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-134-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1029-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-136-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1057-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1063-gcpUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04 | Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 |
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