{"cve":"CVE-2026-31466","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-22T14:16:42.780","modified":"2026-10-15T02:19:07.180","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/huge_memory: fix folio isn't locked in softleaf_to_folio()\n\nOn arm64 server, we found folio that get from migration entry isn't locked\nin softleaf_to_folio().  This issue triggers when mTHP splitting and\nzap_nonpresent_ptes() races, and the root cause is lack of memory barrier\nin softleaf_to_folio().  The race is as follows:\n\n\tCPU0                                             CPU1\n\ndeferred_split_scan()                              zap_nonpresent_ptes()\n  lock folio\n  split_folio()\n    unmap_folio()\n      change ptes to migration entries\n    __split_folio_to_order()                         softleaf_to_folio()\n      set flags(including PG_locked) for tail pages    folio = pfn_folio(softleaf_to_pfn(entry))\n      smp_wmb()                                        VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_locked(folio))\n      prep_compound_page() for tail pages\n\nIn __split_folio_to_order(), smp_wmb() guarantees page flags of tail pages\nare visible before the tail page becomes non-compound.  smp_wmb() should\nbe paired with smp_rmb() in softleaf_to_folio(), which is missed.  As a\nresult, if zap_nonpresent_ptes() accesses migration entry that stores tail\npfn, softleaf_to_folio() may see the updated compound_head of tail page\nbefore page->flags.\n\nThis issue will trigger VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() in pfn_swap_entry_folio()\nbecause of the race between folio split and zap_nonpresent_ptes()\nleading to a folio incorrectly undergoing modification without a folio\nlock being held.\n\nThis is a BUG_ON() before commit 93976a20345b (\"mm: eliminate further\nswapops predicates\"), which in merged in v6.19-rc1.\n\nTo fix it, add missing smp_rmb() if the softleaf entry is migration entry\nin softleaf_to_folio() and softleaf_to_page().\n\n[tujinjiang@huawei.com: update function name and comments]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426ee10711586617da869c8bb798214965337617","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c5e7f0fcd592801c9cc18f29f80fbee84eb8669","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/722cfaf6b31d31123439e67b5deac6b1261a3dea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ad1997b9bc8032603df8f091761114479285769","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ddcf4a245c1c5a91fdd9698757e3d95179ffe41"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:30:49.762551342+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31466","score":0.00094,"percentile":0.00569,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}