{"cve":"CVE-2026-46029","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:17:21.563","modified":"2026-06-17T10:52:55.720","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/slab: return NULL early from kmalloc_nolock() in NMI on UP\n\nOn UP kernels (!CONFIG_SMP), spin_trylock() is a no-op that\nunconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a\nresult, kmalloc_nolock() called from NMI context can re-enter the slab\nallocator and acquire n->list_lock that the interrupted context is\nalready holding, corrupting slab state.\n\nWith CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK on UP, the following BUG is triggered with\nthe slub_kunit test module:\n\n  BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kunit_try_catch/243\n  [...]\n  Call Trace:\n   <NMI>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0x60\n   do_raw_spin_trylock+0x41/0x50\n   _raw_spin_trylock+0x24/0x50\n   get_from_partial_node+0x120/0x4d0\n   ___slab_alloc+0x8a/0x4c0\n   kmalloc_nolock_noprof+0x164/0x310\n   [...]\n   </NMI>\n\nFix this by returning NULL early when invoked from NMI on a UP kernel.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b31044e649e3e54c2caef135c09b371c2fbcd08","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d95d274be241ad21f6523bf2d6ba0d7d7e46b7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66553204a15bdb257d9ef8aca1e12f5fbb910b2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:36:28.938604137+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-46029","score":0.00147,"percentile":0.03895,"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."]}