Answer in brief
CVE-2026-74518 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in mm/hugetlb: fix list corruption in allocate_file_region_entries(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <62e1c2741a4d923d9854efd5927a6212aad7a187 || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <587a0accc2b4fccc5cf7baf0fe34e50efde51f9c || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <126a70bf1a08ddc9d79c471ebdaa2b08cfbab8df || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <ac1bb7fd45088d0db57a22ce7729f258ebd63cf5 || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <dd9623f58ec702a07b2d67179d6fcea79c52231a | 62e1c2741a4d923d9854efd5927a6212aad7a187, 587a0accc2b4fccc5cf7baf0fe34e50efde51f9c, 126a70bf1a08ddc9d79c471ebdaa2b08cfbab8df, ac1bb7fd45088d0db57a22ce7729f258ebd63cf5, dd9623f58ec702a07b2d67179d6fcea79c52231a |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.10 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <01b8569233e47693d6ff7efa96d9854c55f936fc || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <9c5fdffc5e1ce84403c58289ee72697051803bf7 || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <f3e54f6a5e1681f83d13e8716bc92ef5ecf121d3 || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <62e1c2741a4d923d9854efd5927a6212aad7a187 || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <587a0accc2b4fccc5cf7baf0fe34e50efde51f9c || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <126a70bf1a08ddc9d79c471ebdaa2b08cfbab8df || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <ac1bb7fd45088d0db57a22ce7729f258ebd63cf5 || >=d3ec7b6e09e512ba902b86bcca2c512fb06d492f <dd9623f58ec702a07b2d67179d6fcea79c52231a | 01b8569233e47693d6ff7efa96d9854c55f936fc, 9c5fdffc5e1ce84403c58289ee72697051803bf7, f3e54f6a5e1681f83d13e8716bc92ef5ecf121d3, 62e1c2741a4d923d9854efd5927a6212aad7a187, 587a0accc2b4fccc5cf7baf0fe34e50efde51f9c, 126a70bf1a08ddc9d79c471ebdaa2b08cfbab8df, ac1bb7fd45088d0db57a22ce7729f258ebd63cf5, dd9623f58ec702a07b2d67179d6fcea79c52231a |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix list corruption in allocate_file_region_entries() allocate_file_region_entries() tops up resv->region_cache with freshly allocated file_region descriptors. The allocation uses GFP_KERNEL, so resv->lock is dropped around it: the new entries are gathered on a stack-local list head, allocated_regions, and spliced into resv->region_cache once the lock is re-acquired. The splice used list_splice(), which moves the entries but does not re-initialize the source head, so allocated_regions is left pointing at an entry that now lives on resv->region_cache. The top-up runs in a while loop that re-checks the cache deficit after re-acquiring the lock. For a shared mapping the resv_map is shared by every mapper of the hugetlbfs inode, so a concurrent region_chg()/region_add()/region_del() on the same resv_map can consume cache entries during the unlocked window and force a second iteration. That iteration calls list_add() on the stale head and corrupts the list; with CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST the __list_add_valid() check trips: list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (ffffc900011ff7f8), but was ffff88814c281460. (next=ffff88814c545640). kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:31! allocate_file_region_entries+0x191/0x420 region_chg+0x267/0x300 hugetlb_reserve_pages+0x387/0xc80 hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x2ce/0x3f0 mmap_region+0x1348/0x1a80 do_mmap+0x85e/0xb90 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x18c/0x330 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x2a1/0x3e0 do_syscall_64+0xd7/0x420 Without CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST the bad list_add() silently links a kernel-stack address into resv->region_cache, leading to later use-after-free. This was observed as a real host panic on a dense KVM host where a QEMU guest-RAM hugetlbfs file was mapped MAP_SHARED by both QEMU and a separate SPDK/DPDK vhost-user target, generating concurrent region_* traffic on one shared resv_map. Use list_splice_init() so the source head is re-initialized empty after each splice, making the retry loop safe.
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