CVE-2026-90303

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: 9485/1: mm: acquire mmap write lock around show_pte() for user faults When CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y, and cmdline "user_debug=31" is set, a user fault may trigger show_pte() without any lock. If another thread in the same process concurrently calls munmap(), the page table pages may be freed while show_pte() is still traversing them, causing a use-after-free in show_pte(). If CONFIG_ARM_LPAE=y, this may cause a kernel panic if the pages table of PMD are freed when show_pte() is running. Acquire mmap_write_lock() around show_pte() for user faults to fix the contention. For user faults, additionally restrict that show_pte() is called only when the addr is a user-space address (addr < TASK_SIZE). This is because the lock of tsk->mm only protects the virtual memory of user address space, furthermore, dumping the page tables of a kernel-space address for user faults is unnecessary and may have security implications. Keep everything unchanged for kernel faults, because the kernel is already in the "oops" state, acquiring a lock may risk a deadlock.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:27.887000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:19:24.310000

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  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:27.887",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:24.310",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nARM: 9485/1: mm: acquire mmap write lock around show_pte() for user faults\n\nWhen CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y, and cmdline \"user_debug=31\" is set,\na user fault may trigger show_pte() without any lock.\nIf another thread in the same process concurrently calls munmap(),\nthe page table pages may be freed while show_pte() is still traversing\nthem, causing a use-after-free in show_pte().\n\nIf CONFIG_ARM_LPAE=y, this may cause a kernel panic if the pages table\nof PMD are freed when show_pte() is running.\n\nAcquire mmap_write_lock() around show_pte() for user faults to fix the\ncontention.\n\nFor user faults, additionally restrict that show_pte() is called only\nwhen the addr is a user-space address (addr < TASK_SIZE). This is because\nthe lock of tsk->mm only protects the virtual memory of user address space,\nfurthermore, dumping the page tables of a kernel-space address for user\nfaults is unnecessary and may have security implications.\n\nKeep everything unchanged for kernel faults, because the kernel is\nalready in the \"oops\" state, acquiring a lock may risk a deadlock."
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