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FKIE_CVE-2026-43285

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-08 14:16 - Updated: 2026-05-14 19:05

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/slab: do not access current->mems_allowed_seq if !allow_spin Lockdep complains when get_from_any_partial() is called in an NMI context, because current->mems_allowed_seq is seqcount_spinlock_t and not NMI-safe: ================================ WARNING: inconsistent lock state 6.19.0-rc5-kfree-rcu+ #315 Tainted: G N -------------------------------- inconsistent {INITIAL USE} -> {IN-NMI} usage. kunit_try_catch/9989 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes: ffff889085799820 (&____s->seqcount#3){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: ___slab_alloc+0x58f/0xc00 {INITIAL USE} state was registered at: lock_acquire+0x185/0x320 kernel_init_freeable+0x391/0x1150 kernel_init+0x1f/0x220 ret_from_fork+0x736/0x8f0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 irq event stamp: 56 hardirqs last enabled at (55): [<ffffffff850a68d7>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x27/0x70 hardirqs last disabled at (56): [<ffffffff850858ca>] __schedule+0x2a8a/0x6630 softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffffff81536711>] copy_process+0x1dc1/0x6a10 softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&____s->seqcount#3); <Interrupt> lock(&____s->seqcount#3); *** DEADLOCK *** According to Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst, seqcount_t is not NMI-safe and seqcount_latch_t should be used when read path can interrupt the write-side critical section. In this case, do not access current->mems_allowed_seq and avoid retry.

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144080a5823b2dbd635acb6decf7ab23182664f3	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353dd9934447b9193643ae1afd938607a74d4915	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd767ddcef0669bbd33c6a823ea0a88f06d4b29	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0

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CVE-2026-43285 (GCVE-0-2026-43285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 13:11 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:21

Title

mm/slab: do not access current->mems_allowed_seq if !allow_spin

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353dd9934447b9193…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd767ddcef0669bb…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144080a5823b2dbd6…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: af92793e52c3a99b828ed4bdd277fd3e11c18d08 , < 353dd9934447b9193643ae1afd938607a74d4915 (git) Affected: af92793e52c3a99b828ed4bdd277fd3e11c18d08 , < efd767ddcef0669bbd33c6a823ea0a88f06d4b29 (git) Affected: af92793e52c3a99b828ed4bdd277fd3e11c18d08 , < 144080a5823b2dbd635acb6decf7ab23182664f3 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.18 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-43285 (GCVE-0-2026-43285)

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