CVE-2026-90046
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-90046, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-16
Last updated on: 2026-09-16
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_alloc: don't spin_trylock() in NMI on UP
Patch series "mm/page_alloc: fixes for free_pages_nolock() on RT/UP".
Pre-existing bugs found by Sashiko during review of this other series:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-0-c87b714e19d3@google.com/
I have not reproduced these bugs, and I suspect there is no real-world
user that is affected by them.
This patch (of 2):
As noted in can_spin_trylock(), using this is unsafe in this context.
commit 620b46ed6ae17 ("mm/page_alloc: return NULL early from
alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() in NMI on UP") fixed this on the alloc side
but missed the free side.
Impact: If BPF programs using these features in NMI (probably tracing) are
present on non-SMP builds this might crash the kernel and is probably
exploitable by local attackers for privilege escalation.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Currently, no data is known.
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
