{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74482", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.904Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T12:27:15.083Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-19T16:37:38.544Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-19T16:37:38.544Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/huge_memory: unlock i_mmap_rwsem before releasing after-split folios\n\n__folio_split() keeps dereferencing the mapping after the split:\nshmem_uncharge(mapping->host) and remap_page() while the folios are still\nfrozen/locked, and i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping) at the very end, after the\nafter-split folios have been unlocked and freed.\n\nNothing holds an inode reference across that. The split relies on @folio\n-- which the beyond-EOF drop loop never removes, as it starts at\nfolio_next(folio) -- staying locked and in the page cache to hold off\neviction. But the unlock loop unlocks @folio before i_mmap_unlock_read()\nruns. If the caller's @lock_at is a tail beyond EOF, as memory_failure()\npasses when splitting a poisoned tail of a shmem THP that reaches past\ni_size during truncation, it too is gone from the page cache; so once\n@folio is unlocked no locked, in-cache folio pins the inode, and a\nconcurrent final iput() can evict and RCU-free it before\ni_mmap_unlock_read() touches i_mmap_rwsem:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __up_read+0x634/0x790\n i_mmap_unlock_read include/linux/fs.h:537 [inline]\n __folio_split+0x732/0x1640 mm/huge_memory.c:4100\n try_to_split_thp_page+0xab/0x390 mm/memory-failure.c:1675\n memory_failure+0x1394/0x26e0 mm/memory-failure.c:2470\n\n Freed by task 4601:\n shmem_free_in_core_inode+0x54/0xb0 mm/shmem.c:5177\n evict+0x57f/0xac0 fs/inode.c:870\n\nDo every mapping dereference while @folio still pins the inode: drop\ni_mmap_rwsem right after remap_page(), before the loop that unlocks and\nfrees the after-split folios, and clear @mapping so the exit path does not\nunlock it again. shmem_uncharge() and remap_page() already run before\nthat point, so after this nothing past the unlock loop touches the inode\nor the mapping.\n\nThis is now a rule the split depends on, alongside keeping @folio frozen\nuntil the page cache is updated: no inode or mapping dereference once the\nafter-split folios start being unlocked." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The UAF is in __folio_split() on the memory_failure()->try_to_split_thp_page() path while splitting file-backed shmem THPs; reachability is via local syscalls (memfd/mmap/madvise/ftruncate) or admin hwpoison injection, not network or physical interfaces.\nAC:L - An attacker can deterministically create a shmem THP with tail pages beyond EOF and race MADV_HWPOISON-driven memory_failure() against concurrent truncate/close(iput) using attacker-controlled threads; both sides of the race are attacker-driven.\nPR:L - Reliable exploitation uses MADV_HWPOISON to invoke memory_failure() on a chosen tail page; CAP_SYS_ADMIN is available to user-namespace/container root, and the shmem THP setup needs only ordinary local mapping and truncation privileges.\nUI:N - No separate victim action is required; the attacker creates, maps, poisons, and truncates their own memfd/shmem/tmpfs object to reach the vulnerable split path.\nS:U - Impact is a kernel slab use-after-free on inode/mapping metadata in core MM within the same kernel security domain, not a VM escape, sandbox breakout, or other cross-authority boundary violation.\nC:H - KASAN reports slab-use-after-free in i_mmap_unlock_read() after shmem_free_in_core_inode() RCU-frees the inode; this inode/mapping UAF can be heap-sprayed into an arbitrary kernel memory read primitive.\nI:H - The same UAF corrupts freed inode slab objects and i_mmap_rwsem state, enabling heap grooming for arbitrary kernel writes and potential privilege escalation via control-flow hijacking per kernel UAF guidance.\nA:H - The use-after-free provokes a KASAN BUG/oops during i_mmap_unlock_read() and corrupts core MM inode state, capable of kernel panic or hang when triggered on production shmem/tmpfs workloads." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "mm/huge_memory.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "baa355fd331424526e742d41d9b90d5f9d10f716", "lessThan": "bc2f5eabaaf60ec18da70b619a8fba1bfb7dea3a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "baa355fd331424526e742d41d9b90d5f9d10f716", "lessThan": "f87c08060818ebb19bafed37c38244538da25097", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "baa355fd331424526e742d41d9b90d5f9d10f716", "lessThan": "6f5c272d71845a669e4c8ee5c72b376e29a0e6e5", "status": "affected", 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