FKIE_CVE-2026-74379

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:19
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax/kmem: account for partial discontiguous resource upon removal When dev_dax_kmem_probe() partially succeeds (at least one range is mapped) but a subsequent range fails request_mem_region() or add_memory_driver_managed(), the probe silently continues, ultimately returning success, but with the corresponding range resource NULL'ed out. dev_dax_kmem_remove() iterates over all dax_device ranges regardless of if the underlying resource exists. When remove_memory() is called later, it returns 0 because the memory was never added which causes dev_dax_kmem_remove() to incorrectly assume the (nonexistent) resource can be removed and attempts cleanup on a NULL pointer. Fix this by skipping these ranges altogether, noting that these cases are considered success, such that the cleanup is still reached when all actually-added ranges are successfully removed.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30ea97affbcce236c57287c82dc6ef7a29c63b76
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/598ed7393a639c7547b28ff3e14db9f1ac37c132
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d3139abb9d1671fa5e42c3d6d8cb3b05479c5bb
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/799e54c510a03a65a57627018a817838d72f35bd
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aa442cfce79e2d69e72fc8e0c0864ac2971149d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47b0b8a69a13e06afafa54723f3e8c99b0c788f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef4fc53898bd6c4d0119cc6d419ebef7f2560f31
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndax/kmem: account for partial discontiguous resource upon removal\n\nWhen dev_dax_kmem_probe() partially succeeds (at least one range is\nmapped) but a subsequent range fails request_mem_region() or\nadd_memory_driver_managed(), the probe silently continues, ultimately\nreturning success, but with the corresponding range resource NULL\u0027ed out.\n\ndev_dax_kmem_remove() iterates over all dax_device ranges regardless of if\nthe underlying resource exists.  When remove_memory() is called later, it\nreturns 0 because the memory was never added which causes\ndev_dax_kmem_remove() to incorrectly assume the (nonexistent) resource can\nbe removed and attempts cleanup on a NULL pointer.\n\nFix this by skipping these ranges altogether, noting that these cases are\nconsidered success, such that the cleanup is still reached when all\nactually-added ranges are successfully removed."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-74379",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:19:32.760",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:39.703",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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