{"cve":"CVE-2026-23211","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-18T15:18:42.360","modified":"2026-06-17T10:21:06.563","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic\n\ncommit 8b47299a411a (\"mm, swap: mark swap address space ro and add context\ndebug check\") made the swap address space read-only.  It may lead to\nkernel panic if arch_prepare_to_swap returns a failure under heavy memory\npressure as follows,\n\nel1_abort+0x40/0x64\nel1h_64_sync_handler+0x48/0xcc\nel1h_64_sync+0x84/0x88\nerrseq_set+0x4c/0xb8 (P)\n__filemap_set_wb_err+0x20/0xd0\nshrink_folio_list+0xc20/0x11cc\nevict_folios+0x1520/0x1be4\ntry_to_shrink_lruvec+0x27c/0x3dc\nshrink_one+0x9c/0x228\nshrink_node+0xb3c/0xeac\ndo_try_to_free_pages+0x170/0x4f0\ntry_to_free_pages+0x334/0x534\n__alloc_pages_direct_reclaim+0x90/0x158\n__alloc_pages_slowpath+0x334/0x588\n__alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x224/0x2fc\n__folio_alloc_noprof+0x14/0x64\nvma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio+0x34/0x44\ndo_pte_missing+0xad4/0x1040\nhandle_mm_fault+0x4a4/0x790\ndo_page_fault+0x288/0x5f8\ndo_translation_fault+0x38/0x54\ndo_mem_abort+0x54/0xa8\n\nRestore swap address space as not ro to avoid the panic.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0f3c0845a4ff68d403c568266d17e9cc553e561","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0020cbd26380177b9fb8b7e75a8f7bdba79db20"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23211","score":0.00116,"percentile":0.0161,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}