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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-31654",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-03-09T15:48:24.129Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-04-24T14:45:06.387Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:12:59.768Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vma: fix memory leak in __mmap_region()\n\ncommit 605f6586ecf7 (\"mm/vma: do not leak memory when .mmap_prepare\nswaps the file\") handled the success path by skipping get_file() via\nfile_doesnt_need_get, but missed the error path.\n\nWhen /dev/zero is mmap'd with MAP_SHARED, mmap_zero_prepare() calls\nshmem_zero_setup_desc() which allocates a new shmem file to back the\nmapping. If __mmap_new_vma() subsequently fails, this replacement\nfile is never fput()'d - the original is released by\nksys_mmap_pgoff(), but nobody releases the new one.\n\nAdd fput() for the swapped file in the error path.\n\nReproducible with fault injection.\n\nFAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.\nname failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 1\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 366 Comm: syz.7.14 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc6 #2 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x164/0x1f0\n should_fail_ex+0x525/0x650\n should_failslab+0xdf/0x140\n kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x78/0x630\n vm_area_alloc+0x24/0x160\n __mmap_region+0xf6b/0x2660\n mmap_region+0x2eb/0x3a0\n do_mmap+0xc79/0x1240\n vm_mmap_pgoff+0x252/0x4c0\n ksys_mmap_pgoff+0xf8/0x120\n __x64_sys_mmap+0x12a/0x190\n do_syscall_64+0xa9/0x580\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n </TASK>\n\nkmemleak: 1 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881118aca80 (size 360):\n  comm \"syz.7.14\", pid 366, jiffies 4294913255\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00  .....N..........\n    ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff c0 28 4d ae ff ff ff ff  .........(M.....\n  backtrace (crc db0f53bc):\n    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x3ab/0x630\n    alloc_empty_file+0x5a/0x1e0\n    alloc_file_pseudo+0x135/0x220\n    __shmem_file_setup+0x274/0x420\n    shmem_zero_setup_desc+0x9c/0x170\n    mmap_zero_prepare+0x123/0x140\n    __mmap_region+0xdda/0x2660\n    mmap_region+0x2eb/0x3a0\n    do_mmap+0xc79/0x1240\n    vm_mmap_pgoff+0x252/0x4c0\n    ksys_mmap_pgoff+0xf8/0x120\n    __x64_sys_mmap+0x12a/0x190\n    do_syscall_64+0xa9/0x580\n    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nFound by syzkaller."
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