FKIE_CVE-2026-64295
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-25 10:17 - Updated: 2026-07-30 15:00
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: page_ext: add count limit to page_ext_iter_next to prevent invalid PFN access
The page_ext iteration API does not validate if the PFN still belongs to a
valid section while advancing the iterator. When dynamically adding
memory in the hotplug path, it can lead to a NULL pointer dereference
during page_ext_lookup at the boundary of the last valid section when
iterator count equals __pgcount.
The for_each_page_ext() macro calls page_ext_iter_next() as its loop
increment. for_each_page_ext() does a "__page_ext =
page_ext_iter_next(&__iter)" at the end. This causes page_ext_iter_next()
to increment iter->index past __pgcount and call page_ext_lookup(start_pfn
+ __pgcount). During memory hotplug (online), the PFN at start_pfn +
__pgcount may belong to a section that has not yet been initialized,
causing page_ext_lookup() to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
[ 14.555124][ T846] Call trace:
[ 14.555125][ T846] lookup_page_ext+0x6c/0x108 (P)
[ 14.555127][ T846] page_ext_lookup+0x30/0x3c
[ 14.555129][ T846] __reset_page_owner+0x11c/0x260
[ 14.571201][ T846] __free_pages_ok+0x5e8/0x8e0
[ 14.571204][ T846] __free_pages_core+0x78/0xf0
[ 14.571206][ T846] generic_online_page+0x14/0x24
[ 14.597782][ T846] online_pages+0x178/0x30c
[ 14.597784][ T846] memory_block_change_state+0x284/0x32c
[ 14.597787][ T846] memory_subsys_online+0x4c/0x64
[ 14.597789][ T846] device_online+0x88/0xb0
[ 14.597791][ T846] online_memory_block+0x30/0x40
[ 14.597793][ T846] walk_memory_blocks+0xac/0xe8
[ 14.597794][ T846] add_memory_resource+0x280/0x298
[ 14.656161][ T846] add_memory+0x60/0x98
Move the iteration boundary enforcement inside the iterator functions, so
callers cannot inadvertently access beyond the requested range.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"include/linux/page_ext.h"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "8dcaa0f87a88d720d13106f3a306c6b61d189d86",
"status": "affected",
"version": "9039b9096ea27a20f0349d1537537663c935c8ed",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "377b1cd6bbcf327338cd951cc2fd74bc75540235",
"status": "affected",
"version": "9039b9096ea27a20f0349d1537537663c935c8ed",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "ffd017237cfe99e6e5602ab14179b0e6878a0840",
"status": "affected",
"version": "9039b9096ea27a20f0349d1537537663c935c8ed",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"include/linux/page_ext.h"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.15"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.15",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.39",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.4",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2-rc3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: page_ext: add count limit to page_ext_iter_next to prevent invalid PFN access\n\nThe page_ext iteration API does not validate if the PFN still belongs to a\nvalid section while advancing the iterator. When dynamically adding\nmemory in the hotplug path, it can lead to a NULL pointer dereference\nduring page_ext_lookup at the boundary of the last valid section when\niterator count equals __pgcount.\n\nThe for_each_page_ext() macro calls page_ext_iter_next() as its loop\nincrement. for_each_page_ext() does a \"__page_ext =\npage_ext_iter_next(\u0026__iter)\" at the end. This causes page_ext_iter_next()\nto increment iter-\u003eindex past __pgcount and call page_ext_lookup(start_pfn\n+ __pgcount). During memory hotplug (online), the PFN at start_pfn +\n__pgcount may belong to a section that has not yet been initialized,\ncausing page_ext_lookup() to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.\n\n[ 14.555124][ T846] Call trace:\n[ 14.555125][ T846] lookup_page_ext+0x6c/0x108 (P)\n[ 14.555127][ T846] page_ext_lookup+0x30/0x3c\n[ 14.555129][ T846] __reset_page_owner+0x11c/0x260\n[ 14.571201][ T846] __free_pages_ok+0x5e8/0x8e0\n[ 14.571204][ T846] __free_pages_core+0x78/0xf0\n[ 14.571206][ T846] generic_online_page+0x14/0x24\n[ 14.597782][ T846] online_pages+0x178/0x30c\n[ 14.597784][ T846] memory_block_change_state+0x284/0x32c\n[ 14.597787][ T846] memory_subsys_online+0x4c/0x64\n[ 14.597789][ T846] device_online+0x88/0xb0\n[ 14.597791][ T846] online_memory_block+0x30/0x40\n[ 14.597793][ T846] walk_memory_blocks+0xac/0xe8\n[ 14.597794][ T846] add_memory_resource+0x280/0x298\n[ 14.656161][ T846] add_memory+0x60/0x98\n\nMove the iteration boundary enforcement inside the iterator functions, so\ncallers cannot inadvertently access beyond the requested range."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-64295",
"lastModified": "2026-07-30T15:00:27.343",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-07-25T10:17:10.277",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/377b1cd6bbcf327338cd951cc2fd74bc75540235"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dcaa0f87a88d720d13106f3a306c6b61d189d86"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd017237cfe99e6e5602ab14179b0e6878a0840"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}
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