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CVE-2026-53189

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-06-25 Modified: 2026-07-06

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put() __split_huge_pmd_locked() updates the file/shmem RSS counter after dropping the PMD mapping's folio reference. If folio_put() drops the last reference, mm_counter_file() can later read freed folio state via folio_test_swapbacked(). Move the counter update before folio_put().

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References