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CVE-2026-43286— mm/hugetlb: restore failed global reservations to subpool

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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，该漏洞源于全局预留页面失败时未正确调整子池的used_hpages计数器，可能导致计数器升高。

AI Predicted 3.9 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.16% · P5

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Affected Version Matrix 10

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux a833a693a490ecff8ba377654c6d4d333718b6b1< 5eac1322a7b14b8cd05ec896618278b90fba7f39 affected
a833a693a490ecff8ba377654c6d4d333718b6b1< f055897c975d079a90af873c791ab58cf0f6f2a5 affected
a833a693a490ecff8ba377654c6d4d333718b6b1< 1d3f9bb4c8af70304d19c22e30f5d16a2d589bb5 affected
adb5c2e55524e3a96b02c3904b0bb6d5a5404d21 affected
6.14.8< 6.15 affected
6.15 affected
< 6.15 unaffected
6.18.16≤ 6.18.* unaffected
… +2 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-43286

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
mm/hugetlb: restore failed global reservations to subpool
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: restore failed global reservations to subpool Commit a833a693a490 ("mm: hugetlb: fix incorrect fallback for subpool") fixed an underflow error for hstate->resv_huge_pages caused by incorrectly attributing globally requested pages to the subpool's reservation. Unfortunately, this fix also introduced the opposite problem, which would leave spool->used_hpages elevated if the globally requested pages could not be acquired. This is because while a subpool's reserve pages only accounts for what is requested and allocated from the subpool, its "used" counter keeps track of what is consumed in total, both from the subpool and globally. Thus, we need to adjust spool->used_hpages in the other direction, and make sure that globally requested pages are uncharged from the subpool's used counter. Each failed allocation attempt increments the used_hpages counter by how many pages were requested from the global pool. Ultimately, this renders the subpool unusable, as used_hpages approaches the max limit. The issue can be reproduced as follows: 1. Allocate 4 hugetlb pages 2. Create a hugetlb mount with max=4, min=2 3. Consume 2 pages globally 4. Request 3 pages from the subpool (2 from subpool + 1 from global) 4.1 hugepage_subpool_get_pages(spool, 3) succeeds. used_hpages += 3 4.2 hugetlb_acct_memory(h, 1) fails: no global pages left used_hpages -= 2 5. Subpool now has used_hpages = 1, despite not being able to successfully allocate any hugepages. It believes it can now only allocate 3 more hugepages, not 4. With each failed allocation attempt incrementing the used counter, the subpool eventually reaches a point where its used counter equals its max counter. At that point, any future allocations that try to allocate hugeTLB pages from the subpool will fail, despite the subpool not having any of its hugeTLB pages consumed by any user. Once this happens, there is no way to make the subpool usable again, since there is no way to decrement the used counter as no process is really consuming the hugeTLB pages. The underflow issue that the original commit fixes still remains fixed as well. Without this fix, used_hpages would keep on leaking if hugetlb_acct_memory() fails.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
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，该漏洞源于全局预留页面失败时未正确调整子池的used_hpages计数器，可能导致计数器升高。
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 a833a693a490ecff8ba377654c6d4d333718b6b1 ~ 5eac1322a7b14b8cd05ec896618278b90fba7f39 -
Linux Linux 6.15 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-43286 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-05-08 · 197 CVEs total

CVE-2026-43341 9.8 CRITICAL net/ipv6: ioam6: prevent schema length wraparound in trace fill
CVE-2026-43402 9.8 CRITICAL kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free
CVE-2026-43414 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free
CVE-2026-43384 9.8 CRITICAL net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
CVE-2026-43304 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: define and enforce CEPH_MAX_KEY_LEN
CVE-2026-43379 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix use-after-free in smb_lazy_parent_lease_break_close()
CVE-2026-43376 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix use-after-free by using call_rcu() for oplock_info
CVE-2026-43465 9.8 CRITICAL net/mlx5e: RX, Fix XDP multi-buf frag counting for striding RQ
CVE-2026-43378 9.8 CRITICAL smb: server: fix use-after-free in smb2_open()
CVE-2026-43383 9.4 CRITICAL net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
CVE-2026-43406 9.1 CRITICAL libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds reads in process_message_header()
CVE-2026-43407 9.1 CRITICAL libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()
CVE-2026-43284 8.8 HIGH xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
CVE-2026-43334 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: SMP: force responder MITM requirements before building the pairing response
CVE-2026-43322 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in le_read_features_complete
CVE-2026-43403 8.8 HIGH nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls
CVE-2026-43391 8.8 HIGH nsfs: tighten permission checks for handle opening
CVE-2026-43291 8.3 HIGH net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data
CVE-2026-43365 8.2 HIGH xfs: fix undersized l_iclog_roundoff values
CVE-2026-43466 8.2 HIGH net/mlx5e: Fix DMA FIFO desync on error CQE SQ recovery

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