CVE-2026-89593

hugetlb: only adjust reservation during unmapping if mapcount is 0

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hugetlb: only adjust reservation during unmapping if mapcount is 0 Since df7a6d1f6405, __unmap_hugepage_range can adjust reservations. In the case of folio mapped in both a parent and a child, if the parent unmaps the range first, the reservation adjustment will result in an underflow of the reserved count. Once the child unmaps the range, the count is restored. Change __unmap_hugepage_range() to check the mapcount before adjusting the reservation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.9df7a6d1f64056aec572162c5d35ed9ff86ece6f3
Vendor states this is fixed in 0f001491e5a2ec69aa9d5dd6b799e5742245f9ea (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5120b1e048d48596ffaec1a8412012a91adba73b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a3c65af20cceb7f997847727636b4017326f845d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b0b1b9ca80b795ed2223e76dd787db7067121fb9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
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