CVE-2026-89758Patch

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: skip non-present PMDs when queueing folios Patch series "mm: handle device-private PMDs in walk callbacks", v3. Since commit 368076f52ebe ("mm/huge_memory: add device-private THP support to PMD operations") a PMD may hold a device-private swap entry whenever an HMM-based GPU driver migrates an anonymous THP folio to device memory via migrate_vma_pages(). pmd_trans_huge_lock() succeeds for such PMDs (pmd_is_huge() returns true for any non-present, non-none huge PMD), so several MM walk callbacks that used to assume present THP or migration entry are now reachable with a device-private PMD. The results range from a VM_BUG_ON() firing on debug kernels, to an oops on a bogus vmemmap dereference, to silently isolating an unrelated live folio from LRU in the aliasing case. This patch (of 3): queue_folios_pmd() is called under pmd_trans_huge_lock(), whose pmd_is_huge() check returns true for any non-present, non-none PMD softleaf. Passing such a PMD to pmd_folio() treats the softleaf encoding as a hardware PFN and can return a bogus folio pointer. Mirror queue_folios_pte_range(): handle non-present entries before looking up a folio. Keep migration entries counted as failures, but skip other non-present PMDs such as device-private entries. Potential trigger: an HMM-based GPU driver migrates an anonymous THP folio to device memory via migrate_vma_pages(), leaving a device-private PMD. Userspace then calls mbind(), migrate_pages() or set_mempolicy_home_node() on that range.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 2 signals
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-09-13); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-13: 1Mentions · 2026-09-22: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-09-13: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-09-22: 1Technical Details · 2026-09-13: 1Technical Details · 2026-09-22: 109-1309-22
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  • DFIR Lab@DFIR_Lab
    Patch

    🚨 HIGH: CVE-2026-89758 (CVSS 7.8) Linux kernel vulnerability in mm/mempolicy allows local privilege escalation. Affects systems with HMM-based GPU drivers. Patch available. Update immediately. #CVE #PatchNow #ThreatIntel https://t.co/332QSWwzFH

    Post summary

    A Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) affecting HMM-based GPU drivers has been disclosed with a patch available; users are urged to update immediately.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-89758 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: skip non-present PMDs when queueing folios Patch series "mm: handle device-private… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89758

    Post summary

    The text announces CVE-2026-89758 in the Linux kernel, confirms it has been resolved, and references a patch series addressing a memory policy issue with non-present PMDs, making the patch the primary takeaway.

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