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CVE-2026-89755

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/migrate_device: clear stale mapping after freeing swapcache __migrate_device_pages() reads the folio mapping before calling folio_free_swap(). When folio_free_swap() succeeds, the folio is removed from the swap cache, but the saved mapping still points to swap_space. Passing the stale mapping to folio_migrate_mapping() makes it use the mapped-folio path for a folio that is no longer in swapcache. It can then operate on swap_space.i_pages with invalid reference accounting, eventually triggering a folio reference count BUG. After a successful split, nr still contains the number of pages in the original large folio, although each resulting page is now a separate order-0 folio. Reset nr to 1 so each split folio is processed separately, including its own swapcache removal and mapping lookup. Refresh the saved mapping after folio_free_swap() so the current folio state is used during migration.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:20:06.533000
Last modified
2026-10-21 13:20:24.467000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-89755",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:20:06.533",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-21T13:20:24.467",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/migrate_device: clear stale mapping after freeing swapcache\n\n__migrate_device_pages() reads the folio mapping before calling\nfolio_free_swap().  When folio_free_swap() succeeds, the folio is removed\nfrom the swap cache, but the saved mapping still points to swap_space.\n\nPassing the stale mapping to folio_migrate_mapping() makes it use the\nmapped-folio path for a folio that is no longer in swapcache.  It can then\noperate on swap_space.i_pages with invalid reference accounting,\neventually triggering a folio reference count BUG.\n\nAfter a successful split, nr still contains the number of pages in the\noriginal large folio, although each resulting page is now a separate\norder-0 folio.  Reset nr to 1 so each split folio is processed separately,\nincluding its own swapcache removal and mapping lookup.\n\nRefresh the saved mapping after folio_free_swap() so the current folio\nstate is used during migration."
    }
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