CVE-2026-53109

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For PTE table, in case of Hash with\n64K pagesize, we have 16 fragments of 4K size in one 64K page.\n\nPatch series [1] \"mm: free retracted page table by RCU\"\nadded pte_free_defer() to defer the freeing of PTE tables when\nretract_page_tables() is called for madvise MADV_COLLAPSE on shmem\nrange.\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7cd843a9-aa80-14f-5eb2-33427363c20@google.com/\n\npte_free_defer() sets the active flag on the corresponding fragment's\nfolio & calls pte_fragment_free(), which reduces the pt_frag_refcount.\nWhen pt_frag_refcount reaches 0 (no active fragment using the folio), it\nchecks if the folio active flag is set, if set, it calls call_rcu to\nfree the folio, it the active flag is unset then it calls pte_free_now().\n\nNow, this can lead to following problem in a corner case...\n\n[ 265.351553][ T183] BUG: Bad page state in process a.out pfn:20d62\n[ 265.353555][ T183] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x20d62\n[ 265.355457][ T183] flags: 0x3ffff800000100(active|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff)\n[ 265.358719][ T183] raw: 003ffff800000100 0000000000000000 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000\n[ 265.360177][ T183] raw: 0000000000000000 c0000000119caf58 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000\n[ 265.361438][ T183] page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set\n[ 265.362572][ T183] Modules linked in:\n[ 265.364622][ T183] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 183 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.18.0-rc3-00141-g1ddeaaace7ff-dirty #53 VOLUNTARY\n[ 265.364785][ T183] Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER10 (architected) 0x801200 0xf000006 of:SLOF,git-ee03ae pSeries\n[ 265.364908][ T183] Call Trace:\n[ 265.364955][ T183] [c000000011e6f7c0] [c000000001cfaa18] dump_stack_lvl+0x130/0x148 (unreliable)\n[ 265.365202][ T183] [c000000011e6f7f0] [c000000000794758] bad_page+0xb4/0x1c8\n[ 265.365384][ T183] [c000000011e6f890] [c00000000079c020] __free_frozen_pages+0x838/0xd08\n[ 265.365554][ T183] [c000000011e6f980] [c0000000000a70ac] pte_frag_destroy+0x298/0x310\n[ 265.365729][ T183] [c000000011e6fa30] [c0000000000aa764] arch_exit_mmap+0x34/0x218\n[ 265.365912][ T183] [c000000011e6fa80] [c000000000751698] exit_mmap+0xb8/0x820\n[ 265.366080][ T183] [c000000011e6fc30] [c0000000001b1258] __mmput+0x98/0x300\n[ 265.366244][ T183] [c000000011e6fc80] [c0000000001c81f8] do_exit+0x470/0x1508\n[ 265.366421][ T183] [c000000011e6fd70] [c0000000001c95e4] do_group_exit+0x88/0x148\n[ 265.366602][ T183] [c000000011e6fdc0] [c0000000001c96ec] pid_child_should_wake+0x0/0x178\n[ 265.366780][ T183] [c000000011e6fdf0] [c00000000003a270] system_call_exception+0x1b0/0x4e0\n[ 265.366958][ T183] [c000000011e6fe50] [c00000000000d05c] system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\n\nThe bad page state error occurs when such a folio gets freed (with\nactive flag set), from do_exit() path in parallel.\n\n... this can happen when the pte fragment was allocated from this folio,\nbut when all the fragments get freed, the pte_frag_refcount still had some\nunused fragments. Now, if this process exits, with such folio as it's cached\npte_frag in mm->context, then during pte_frag_destroy(), we simply call\npagetable_dtor() and pagetable_free(), meaning it doesn't clear the\nactive flag. This, can lead to the above bug. Since we are anyway in\ndo_exit() path, then if the refcount is 0, then I guess it should be\nok to simply clear the folio active flag before calling pagetable_dtor()\n& pagetable_free()."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c"], "versions": [{"version": "32cc0b7c9d508efde8946a82eb3c4acfa8dfed15", "lessThan": "e9d197c248e70278645f206defa87f085826c4c1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "32cc0b7c9d508efde8946a82eb3c4acfa8dfed15", "lessThan": "f4bc93135bfe39e7052d31e4c71f5f838e0bf516", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "32cc0b7c9d508efde8946a82eb3c4acfa8dfed15", "lessThan": "c8b710655012a2993a9567873fb71a8a51f8459c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "32cc0b7c9d508efde8946a82eb3c4acfa8dfed15", "lessThan": "a32db6fca3c74b4eb8bae5470f0680deb4cbac6f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "32cc0b7c9d508efde8946a82eb3c4acfa8dfed15", "lessThan": "fda4d71651f71c44b35829d13f3c8bf920032f77", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable-frag.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.6", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.33", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.33"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.10"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9d197c248e70278645f206defa87f085826c4c1"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4bc93135bfe39e7052d31e4c71f5f838e0bf516"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8b710655012a2993a9567873fb71a8a51f8459c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a32db6fca3c74b4eb8bae5470f0680deb4cbac6f"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fda4d71651f71c44b35829d13f3c8bf920032f77"}], "title": "powerpc/pgtable-frag: Fix bad page state in pte_frag_destroy", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}, "adp": [{"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2026-53109", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-11-06T16:19:05.651358Z"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-06T16:24:00.841Z"}}]}}

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For PTE table, in case of Hash with\n64K pagesize, we have 16 fragments of 4K size in one 64K page.\n\nPatch series [1] \"mm: free retracted page table by RCU\"\nadded pte_free_defer() to defer the freeing of PTE tables when\nretract_page_tables() is called for madvise MADV_COLLAPSE on shmem\nrange.\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7cd843a9-aa80-14f-5eb2-33427363c20@google.com/\n\npte_free_defer() sets the active flag on the corresponding fragment's\nfolio & calls pte_fragment_free(), which reduces the pt_frag_refcount.\nWhen pt_frag_refcount reaches 0 (no active fragment using the folio), it\nchecks if the folio active flag is set, if set, it calls call_rcu to\nfree the folio, it the active flag is unset then it calls pte_free_now().\n\nNow, this can lead to following problem in a corner case...\n\n[ 265.351553][ T183] BUG: Bad page state in process a.out pfn:20d62\n[ 265.353555][ T183] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x20d62\n[ 265.355457][ T183] flags: 0x3ffff800000100(active|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff)\n[ 265.358719][ T183] raw: 003ffff800000100 0000000000000000 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000\n[ 265.360177][ T183] raw: 0000000000000000 c0000000119caf58 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000\n[ 265.361438][ T183] page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set\n[ 265.362572][ T183] Modules linked in:\n[ 265.364622][ T183] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 183 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.18.0-rc3-00141-g1ddeaaace7ff-dirty #53 VOLUNTARY\n[ 265.364785][ T183] Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER10 (architected) 0x801200 0xf000006 of:SLOF,git-ee03ae pSeries\n[ 265.364908][ T183] Call Trace:\n[ 265.364955][ T183] [c000000011e6f7c0] [c000000001cfaa18] dump_stack_lvl+0x130/0x148 (unreliable)\n[ 265.365202][ T183] [c000000011e6f7f0] [c000000000794758] bad_page+0xb4/0x1c8\n[ 265.365384][ T183] [c000000011e6f890] [c00000000079c020] __free_frozen_pages+0x838/0xd08\n[ 265.365554][ T183] [c000000011e6f980] [c0000000000a70ac] pte_frag_destroy+0x298/0x310\n[ 265.365729][ T183] [c000000011e6fa30] [c0000000000aa764] arch_exit_mmap+0x34/0x218\n[ 265.365912][ T183] [c000000011e6fa80] [c000000000751698] exit_mmap+0xb8/0x820\n[ 265.366080][ T183] [c000000011e6fc30] [c0000000001b1258] __mmput+0x98/0x300\n[ 265.366244][ T183] [c000000011e6fc80] [c0000000001c81f8] do_exit+0x470/0x1508\n[ 265.366421][ T183] [c000000011e6fd70] [c0000000001c95e4] do_group_exit+0x88/0x148\n[ 265.366602][ T183] [c000000011e6fdc0] [c0000000001c96ec] pid_child_should_wake+0x0/0x178\n[ 265.366780][ T183] [c000000011e6fdf0] [c00000000003a270] system_call_exception+0x1b0/0x4e0\n[ 265.366958][ T183] [c000000011e6fe50] [c00000000000d05c] system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\n\nThe bad page state error occurs when such a folio gets freed (with\nactive flag set), from do_exit() path in parallel.\n\n... this can happen when the pte fragment was allocated from this folio,\nbut when all the fragments get freed, the pte_frag_refcount still had some\nunused fragments. 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For PTE table, in case of Hash with\n64K pagesize, we have 16 fragments of 4K size in one 64K page.\nPatch series [1] \"mm: free retracted page table by RCU\"\nadded pte_free_defer() to defer the freeing of PTE tables when\nretract_page_tables() is called for madvise MADV_COLLAPSE on shmem\nrange.\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7cd843a9-aa80-14f-5eb2-33427363c20@google.com/\npte_free_defer() sets the active flag on the corresponding fragment's\nfolio & calls pte_fragment_free(), which reduces the pt_frag_refcount.\nWhen pt_frag_refcount reaches 0 (no active fragment using the folio), it\nchecks if the folio active flag is set, if set, it calls call_rcu to\nfree the folio, it the active flag is unset then it calls pte_free_now().\nNow, this can lead to following problem in a corner case...\n[ 265.351553][ T183] BUG: Bad page state in process a.out pfn:20d62\n[ 265.353555][ T183] page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x20d62\n[ 265.355457][ T183] flags: 0x3ffff800000100(active|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff)\n[ 265.358719][ T183] raw: 003ffff800000100 0000000000000000 5deadbeef0000122 0000000000000000\n[ 265.360177][ T183] raw: 0000000000000000 c0000000119caf58 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000\n[ 265.361438][ T183] page dumped because: PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE flag(s) set\n[ 265.362572][ T183] Modules linked in:\n[ 265.364622][ T183] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 183 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.18.0-rc3-00141-g1ddeaaace7ff-dirty #53 VOLUNTARY\n[ 265.364785][ T183] Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER10 (architected) 0x801200 0xf000006 of:SLOF,git-ee03ae pSeries\n[ 265.364908][ T183] Call Trace:\n[ 265.364955][ T183] [c000000011e6f7c0] [c000000001cfaa18] dump_stack_lvl+0x130/0x148 (unreliable)\n[ 265.365202][ T183] [c000000011e6f7f0] [c000000000794758] bad_page+0xb4/0x1c8\n[ 265.365384][ T183] [c000000011e6f890] [c00000000079c020] __free_frozen_pages+0x838/0xd08\n[ 265.365554][ T183] [c000000011e6f980] [c0000000000a70ac] pte_frag_destroy+0x298/0x310\n[ 265.365729][ T183] [c000000011e6fa30] [c0000000000aa764] arch_exit_mmap+0x34/0x218\n[ 265.365912][ T183] [c000000011e6fa80] [c000000000751698] exit_mmap+0xb8/0x820\n[ 265.366080][ T183] [c000000011e6fc30] [c0000000001b1258] __mmput+0x98/0x300\n[ 265.366244][ T183] [c000000011e6fc80] [c0000000001c81f8] do_exit+0x470/0x1508\n[ 265.366421][ T183] [c000000011e6fd70] [c0000000001c95e4] do_group_exit+0x88/0x148\n[ 265.366602][ T183] [c000000011e6fdc0] [c0000000001c96ec] pid_child_should_wake+0x0/0x178\n[ 265.366780][ T183] [c000000011e6fdf0] [c00000000003a270] system_call_exception+0x1b0/0x4e0\n[ 265.366958][ T183] [c000000011e6fe50] [c00000000000d05c] system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\nThe bad page state error occurs when such a folio gets freed (with\nactive flag set), from do_exit() path in parallel.\n... this can happen when the pte fragment was allocated from this folio,\nbut when all the fragments get freed, the pte_frag_refcount still had some\nunused fragments. Now, if this process exits, with such folio as it's cached\npte_frag in mm->context, then during pte_frag_destroy(), we simply call\npagetable_dtor() and pagetable_free(), meaning it doesn't clear the\nactive flag. This, can lead to the above bug. Since we are anyway in\ndo_exit() path, then if the refcount is 0, then I guess it should be\nok to simply clear the folio active flag before calling pagetable_dtor()\n& pagetable_free().", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's powerpc page table fragment handling. During process exit, a race condition can occur where a page table fragment's active flag is not properly cleared. 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