CVE-2026-23097
Published: Feb 4, 2026
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: migrate: correct lock ordering for hugetlb file folios Syzbot has found a deadlock (analyzed by Lance Yang): 1) Task (5749): Holds folio_lock, then tries to acquire i_mmap_rwsem(read lock). 2) Task (5754): Holds i_mmap_rwsem(write lock), then tries to acquire folio_lock. migrate_pages() -> migrate_hugetlbs() -> unmap_and_move_huge_page() <- Takes folio_lock! -> remove_migration_ptes() -> __rmap_walk_file() -> i_mmap_lock_read() <- Waits for i_mmap_rwsem(read lock)! hugetlbfs_fallocate() -> hugetlbfs_punch_hole() <- Takes i_mmap_rwsem(write lock)! -> hugetlbfs_zero_partial_page() -> filemap_lock_hugetlb_folio() -> filemap_lock_folio() -> __filemap_get_folio <- Waits for folio_lock! The migration path is the one taking locks in the wrong order according to the documentation at the top of mm/rmap.c. So expand the scope of the existing i_mmap_lock to cover the calls to remove_migration_ptes() too. This is (mostly) how it used to be after commit c0d0381ade79. That was removed by 336bf30eb765 for both file & anon hugetlb pages when it should only have been removed for anon hugetlb pages.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 - < e7396d23f9d5739f56cf9ab430c3a169f5508394affected 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 - < ad97b9a55246eb940a26ac977f80892a395cabf9affected 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 - < 5edb9854f8df5428b40990a1c7d60507da5bd330affected 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 - < 526394af4e8ade89cacd1a9ce2b97712712fcc34affected 336bf30eb76580b579dc711ded5d599d905c0217 - < b75070823b89009f5123fd0e05a8e0c3d39937c1+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.10unaffected 0 - < 5.10unaffected 5.10.249 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.199 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.162 - <= 6.1.*+4 more versions |
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