CVE-2026-80729 PUBLISHED

mm/huge_memory: initialise workingset state before folio split

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 03.09.2026 Updated: 03.09.2026

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

mm/huge_memory: initialise workingset state before folio split

xas_try_split() adds __GFP_ACCOUNT for page-cache xa_nodes, but __folio_split() leaves the xa_state's xa_lru unset. That lets a live, memcg-charged xa_node exist without being linked into the mapping's shadow_nodes list_lru; when reclaim later walks the list_lru it trips VM_WARN_ON(!css_is_dying()).

Use mapping_set_update() to install both the workingset update callback and the shadow_nodes list_lru on the xa_state.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 58729c04cf1092b87aeef0bf0998c9e2e4771133 to d858f7c9fc514f1d9d3be7d00b2dd4e2f2383b55 (excl.)
  • affected from 58729c04cf1092b87aeef0bf0998c9e2e4771133 to aca1f2d5de17e138bc6c4859126b77e516b82541 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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