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CVE-2026-23177— mm, shmem: prevent infinite loop on truncate race

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于截断大交换条目时边界检查不当，可能导致无限循环。

AI Predicted 5.3 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.19% · P8

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 809bc86517cc408b5b8cb8e08e69096639432bc8< dfc3ab6bd64860f8022d69903be299d09be86e11 affected
809bc86517cc408b5b8cb8e08e69096639432bc8< 7b6a0f121d50234aab3e7ab9a62ebe826d40a32a affected
809bc86517cc408b5b8cb8e08e69096639432bc8< 2030dddf95451b4e7a389f052091e7c4b7b274c6 affected
6.12 affected
< 6.12 unaffected
6.12.70≤ 6.12.* unaffected
6.18.10≤ 6.18.* unaffected
6.19≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-23177

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Vulnerability Title
mm, shmem: prevent infinite loop on truncate race
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, shmem: prevent infinite loop on truncate race When truncating a large swap entry, shmem_free_swap() returns 0 when the entry's index doesn't match the given index due to lookup alignment. The failure fallback path checks if the entry crosses the end border and aborts when it happens, so truncate won't erase an unexpected entry or range. But one scenario was ignored. When `index` points to the middle of a large swap entry, and the large swap entry doesn't go across the end border, find_get_entries() will return that large swap entry as the first item in the batch with `indices[0]` equal to `index`. The entry's base index will be smaller than `indices[0]`, so shmem_free_swap() will fail and return 0 due to the "base < index" check. The code will then call shmem_confirm_swap(), get the order, check if it crosses the END boundary (which it doesn't), and retry with the same index. The next iteration will find the same entry again at the same index with same indices, leading to an infinite loop. Fix this by retrying with a round-down index, and abort if the index is smaller than the truncate range.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于截断大交换条目时边界检查不当，可能导致无限循环。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 809bc86517cc408b5b8cb8e08e69096639432bc8 ~ dfc3ab6bd64860f8022d69903be299d09be86e11 -
Linux Linux 6.12 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-02-14 · 108 CVEs total

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CVE-2026-23193 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count()
CVE-2026-23172 8.4 HIGH net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path
CVE-2026-23191 7.8 HIGH ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger
CVE-2025-71221 7.8 HIGH dmaengine: mmp_pdma: Fix race condition in mmp_pdma_residue()
CVE-2026-23178 7.8 HIGH HID: i2c-hid: fix potential buffer overflow in i2c_hid_get_report()
CVE-2026-23184 7.8 HIGH binder: fix UAF in binder_netlink_report()
CVE-2026-23185 7.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mld: cancel mlo_scan_start_wk
CVE-2026-23171 7.8 HIGH bonding: fix use-after-free due to enslave fail after slave array update
CVE-2026-23169 7.8 HIGH mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
CVE-2026-23192 7.8 HIGH linkwatch: use __dev_put() in callers to prevent UAF
CVE-2026-23209 7.8 HIGH macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink()
CVE-2026-23198 7.8 HIGH KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd
CVE-2026-23148 7.5 HIGH nvmet: fix race in nvmet_bio_done() leading to NULL pointer dereference
CVE-2026-23139 7.5 HIGH netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed
CVE-2026-23136 7.5 HIGH libceph: reset sparse-read state in osd_fault()
CVE-2025-71204 7.5 HIGH smb/server: fix refcount leak in parse_durable_handle_context()
CVE-2026-23161 7.3 HIGH mm/shmem, swap: fix race of truncate and swap entry split
CVE-2025-71201 7.1 HIGH netfs: Fix early read unlock of page with EOF in middle
CVE-2026-23204 7.1 HIGH net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful()

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