In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_table_check: skip special zero mappings
page_table_check_set() and page_table_check_clear() account mappings based
on PageAnon(). Shared zero-page PTEs and huge zero PMDs are special
mappings, but page_table_check can still account them as file-backed
pages.
An unprivileged process can populate enough zero mappings to overflow
file_map_count and hit the existing BUG_ON(). The PTE path can do this
with the shared zero page, and the PMD path can do the same with huge zero
mappings.
Skip special zero mappings in the user page-table accounting paths. Keep
the PTE-side pte_special() check, and identify huge zero PMDs from the
mapped folio instead of pmd_special(). That covers architectures where
pmd_special() is a no-op without adding huge_zero_pfn checks to the
generic counter helpers.
mm/page_table_check: skip special zero mappings
page_table_check_set() and page_table_check_clear() account mappings based
on PageAnon(). Shared zero-page PTEs and huge zero PMDs are special
mappings, but page_table_check can still account them as file-backed
pages.
An unprivileged process can populate enough zero mappings to overflow
file_map_count and hit the existing BUG_ON(). The PTE path can do this
with the shared zero page, and the PMD path can do the same with huge zero
mappings.
Skip special zero mappings in the user page-table accounting paths. Keep
the PTE-side pte_special() check, and identify huge zero PMDs from the
mapped folio instead of pmd_special(). That covers architectures where
pmd_special() is a no-op without adding huge_zero_pfn checks to the
generic counter helpers.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-190 |
Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_table_check: skip special zero mappings page_table_check_set() and page_table_check_clear() account mappings based on PageAnon(). Shared zero-page PTEs and huge zero PMDs are special mappings, but page_table_check can still account them as file-backed pages. An unprivileged process can populate enough zero mappings to overflow file_map_count and hit the existing BUG_ON(). The PTE path can do this with the shared zero page, and the PMD path can do the same with huge zero mappings. Skip special zero mappings in the user page-table accounting paths. Keep the PTE-side pte_special() check, and identify huge zero PMDs from the mapped folio instead of pmd_special(). That covers architectures where pmd_special() is a no-op without adding huge_zero_pfn checks to the generic counter helpers. | |
| Title | mm/page_table_check: skip special zero mappings | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-22T15:31:49.334Z
Reserved: 2026-08-15T05:44:03.919Z
Link: CVE-2026-74600
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-22T16:16:32.430
Modified: 2026-08-22T16:16:32.430
Link: CVE-2026-74600
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-22T17:45:02Z
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