CVE-2026-46318

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This is OK as it's being done in an .mmap hook where\nthe VMA is not yet linked into the tree so nobody else can be accessing\nit."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nRevertir 'mm/hugetlbfs: update hugetlbfs to use mmap_prepare'\n\nEsto revierte el commit ea52cb24cd3f ('mm/hugetlbfs: update hugetlbfs to use mmap_prepare') con resoluci\u00f3n de conflictos para tener en cuenta los cambios en el commit ea52cb24cd3f ('mm/hugetlbfs: update hugetlbfs to use mmap_prepare').\n\nEl parche manej\u00f3 incorrectamente la asignaci\u00f3n del bloqueo VMA de hugetlb en la etapa mmap_prepare, donde una asignaci\u00f3n fallida que ocurre despu\u00e9s de que se llama a mmap_prepare podr\u00eda resultar en la fuga del bloqueo.\n\nNo hay riesgo de que una fusi\u00f3n cause problemas similares, ya que VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT est\u00e1 configurado para las asignaciones de hugetlb.\n\nComo primer paso para abordar este problema, simplemente revertimos el cambio para que podamos reelaborar c\u00f3mo hacemos esto habiendo corregido los problemas subyacentes.\n\nMantenemos los cambios de las banderas VMA lo mejor que podemos, teniendo en cuenta el hecho de que est\u00e1bamos trabajando con un descriptor VMA anteriormente y propagando cambios equivalentes para esto.\n\nTenga en cuenta que invocamos vma_set_flags() y no llamamos a vma_start_write() como lo hace vm_flags_set(). Esto est\u00e1 bien ya que se est\u00e1 haciendo en un gancho .mmap donde el VMA a\u00fan no est\u00e1 vinculado al \u00e1rbol, por lo que nadie m\u00e1s puede acceder a \u00e9l."}], "id": "CVE-2026-46318", "lastModified": "2026-07-23T08:10:00.137", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2026-06-09T13:16:37.107", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3af5fc3f0ac98c624c109c8c0796fa46e814344c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f9efcce93f8574be2279090ee2aec58b86cda7"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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