In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: filemap: retain mapped dropbehind folios
Fault-around can map ready dropbehind folios without going through the
normal page-cache lookup that clears dropbehind. A mapping represents a
competing cached user, so retain the folio instead of forcibly unmapping
it when writeback completes.
For a mapped folio, folio_unmap_invalidate() can call
unmap_mapping_folio(), which takes i_mmap_rwsem and may sleep. Retaining
mapped folios avoids this path when folio_end_dropbehind() runs in
non-preemptible task context.
Tal was able to trigger a sleeping-in-atomic warning due to this [1].
Unmapped dropbehind folios continue through the existing invalidation path.
mm: filemap: retain mapped dropbehind folios
Fault-around can map ready dropbehind folios without going through the
normal page-cache lookup that clears dropbehind. A mapping represents a
competing cached user, so retain the folio instead of forcibly unmapping
it when writeback completes.
For a mapped folio, folio_unmap_invalidate() can call
unmap_mapping_folio(), which takes i_mmap_rwsem and may sleep. Retaining
mapped folios avoids this path when folio_end_dropbehind() runs in
non-preemptible task context.
Tal was able to trigger a sleeping-in-atomic warning due to this [1].
Unmapped dropbehind folios continue through the existing invalidation path.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: filemap: retain mapped dropbehind folios Fault-around can map ready dropbehind folios without going through the normal page-cache lookup that clears dropbehind. A mapping represents a competing cached user, so retain the folio instead of forcibly unmapping it when writeback completes. For a mapped folio, folio_unmap_invalidate() can call unmap_mapping_folio(), which takes i_mmap_rwsem and may sleep. Retaining mapped folios avoids this path when folio_end_dropbehind() runs in non-preemptible task context. Tal was able to trigger a sleeping-in-atomic warning due to this [1]. Unmapped dropbehind folios continue through the existing invalidation path. | |
| Title | mm: filemap: retain mapped dropbehind folios | |
| 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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T08:44:58.472Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.327Z
Link: CVE-2026-98223
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:09.290
Modified: 2026-10-06T09:18:09.290
Link: CVE-2026-98223
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