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        "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.097Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-05-27T12:58:43.458Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:29:35.424Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vmalloc: take vmap_purge_lock in shrinker\n\ndecay_va_pool_node() can be invoked concurrently from two paths:\n__purge_vmap_area_lazy() when pools are being purged, and the shrinker via\nvmap_node_shrink_scan().\n\nHowever, decay_va_pool_node() is not safe to run concurrently, and the\nshrinker path currently lacks serialization, leading to races and possible\nleaks.\n\nProtect decay_va_pool_node() by taking vmap_purge_lock in the shrinker\npath to ensure serialization with purge users."
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                            "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable race is in core MM internals (vmap pool decay) reached only via local memory-management activity — inducing vmalloc/vfree churn (purge path) and memory pressure (shrinker path). No network-delivered data reaches the vulnerable function.\nAC:L - An unprivileged attacker controls both sides: one thread forces direct reclaim (shrinker→decay) while another drives vmalloc/vfree churn past the lazy-free threshold (purge→decay), and both can loop indefinitely to repeatedly attempt and win the narrow race.\nPR:L - Any unprivileged local process can allocate/free memory and induce reclaim; no capabilities or root are required to drive either racing path.\nUI:N - The race is triggered entirely by the attacker's own memory activity; no victim action is needed.\nS:U - The corruption stays within the kernel's own memory-management structures and does not cross into another security authority (no VM/IOMMU boundary escape).\nC:H - The data race corrupts the vmap pool linked list and free-area tree metadata; per kernel guidance, allocator memory corruption can be leveraged to read freed/adjacent kernel memory.\nI:H - Concurrent unserialized list_replace_init plus double-merge of vmap_area objects into the global free tree corrupts kernel free-list/tree state, a write/corruption primitive over allocator metadata.\nA:H - Corrupted lists and inconsistent len accounting (and the documented leaks) cause kernel crashes/oops and resource exhaustion when the corrupted pool is subsequently traversed or reused."
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