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CVE-2026-93230

Linux: mm/hugetlb: initialize gigantic bootmem hugepage struct pages earlier

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in326de479ab5942fb4a4aa4f20c716045434fcd6bAlso 09505232eced5f1c42902d8f28740f070c3fc6dc, 29968bc7aefb3cf1e72aa7c5f52697a6b0527094CVE List
Published24 Sep 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 326de479ab5942fb4a4aa4f20c716045434fcd6bLinuxCVE List
  • 09505232eced5f1c42902d8f28740f070c3fc6dcLinuxCVE List
  • 29968bc7aefb3cf1e72aa7c5f52697a6b0527094LinuxCVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/hugetlb: initialize gigantic bootmem hugepage struct pages earlier

Gigantic bootmem HugeTLB pages are currently initialized from hugetlb_init(), but page_alloc_init_late() runs earlier and walks pageblocks to determine zone contiguity.

If a bootmem HugeTLB region is marked noinit, set_zone_contiguous() can observe still-uninitialized struct pages through __pageblock_pfn_to_page(). This may not trigger an immediate failure, but it can make set_zone_contiguous() compute the wrong zone contiguity state. If extra poisoned-page checks are added in this path, such as PF_POISONED_CHECK() in page_zone_id(), it can also trigger an early boot panic.

Initialize gigantic bootmem HugeTLB struct pages from page_alloc_init_late(), before zone contiguity is evaluated, so later page allocator setup only sees valid struct page state. This also makes the initialization order more natural, as struct pages should be initialized before later code inspects them.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 10

  • Linuxaffected: fde1c4ecf91640e5a95ec36b71ec2e8ec379ce40 before 326de479ab5942fb4a4aa4f20c716045434fcd6bCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: fde1c4ecf91640e5a95ec36b71ec2e8ec379ce40 before 09505232eced5f1c42902d8f28740f070c3fc6dcCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: fde1c4ecf91640e5a95ec36b71ec2e8ec379ce40 before 29968bc7aefb3cf1e72aa7c5f52697a6b0527094CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: fde1c4ecf91640e5a95ec36b71ec2e8ec379ce40 before b1b7c045e808c761b1cc8c19b3040fadedda3fefCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.7CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.7CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.114 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.51 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.4 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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