CVE-2026-43285

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

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 8, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 1, 2026

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Description

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.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • af92793e52c3a99b828ed4bdd277fd3e11c18d08 to before 353dd9934447b9193643ae1afd938607a74d4915Affected
  • af92793e52c3a99b828ed4bdd277fd3e11c18d08 to before efd767ddcef0669bbd33c6a823ea0a88f06d4b29Affected
  • af92793e52c3a99b828ed4bdd277fd3e11c18d08 to before 144080a5823b2dbd635acb6decf7ab23182664f3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.18Affected
  • before 6.18Not affected
  • 6.18.16 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.6 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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