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