In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_alloc: return NULL early from alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() in NMI on UP
On UP kernels (!CONFIG_SMP), spin_trylock() is a no-op that unconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a result, alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() called from NMI context can re-enter rmqueue() and acquire the zone lock that the interrupted context is already holding, corrupting the freelists.
With CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK on UP, the following BUG is triggered with the slub_kunit test module:
BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kunit_try_catch/243 [...] Call Trace: <NMI> dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0x60 do_raw_spin_trylock+0x41/0x50 _raw_spin_trylock+0x24/0x50 rmqueue.isra.0+0x2a9/0xa70 get_page_from_freelist+0xeb/0x450 alloc_frozen_pages_nolock_noprof+0x111/0x1e0 allocate_slab+0x42a/0x500 ___slab_alloc+0xa7/0x4c0 kmalloc_nolock_noprof+0x164/0x310 [...] </NMI>
Fix this by returning NULL early when invoked from NMI on a UP kernel.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.30-61.116Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | Jun 23, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1007-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-27-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-27-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-28-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-28-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1007-gcpUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-27-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-27-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1007-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oemUpgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1007-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04dUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-raspiUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0 | Jul 1, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
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