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CVE-2026-46279— mm/alloc_tag: clear codetag for pages allocated before page_ext initialization

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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，该漏洞源于页面扩展初始化前分配的页面缺少代码标签，可能导致释放后重用。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.17% · P6

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Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux dcfe378c81f72f146890ce1dcfdcc742d3b66924< d5b495ba9de0423ef39f8bd86729a885870c7efe affected
dcfe378c81f72f146890ce1dcfdcc742d3b66924< b49dfabc38cad5e50af24f63edd124a10de3ebb6 affected
dcfe378c81f72f146890ce1dcfdcc742d3b66924< 6b1842775a460245e97d36d3a67d0cfba7c4ff79 affected
6.10 affected
< 6.10 unaffected
6.18.27≤ 6.18.* unaffected
7.0.4≤ 7.0.* unaffected
7.1≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-46279

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Vulnerability Title
mm/alloc_tag: clear codetag for pages allocated before page_ext initialization
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/alloc_tag: clear codetag for pages allocated before page_ext initialization Due to initialization ordering, page_ext is allocated and initialized relatively late during boot. Some pages have already been allocated and freed before page_ext becomes available, leaving their codetag uninitialized. A clear example is in init_section_page_ext(): alloc_page_ext() calls kmemleak_alloc(). If the slab cache has no free objects, it falls back to the buddy allocator to allocate memory. However, at this point page_ext is not yet fully initialized, so these newly allocated pages have no codetag set. These pages may later be reclaimed by KASAN, which causes the warning to trigger when they are freed because their codetag ref is still empty. Use a global array to track pages allocated before page_ext is fully initialized. The array size is fixed at 8192 entries, and will emit a warning if this limit is exceeded. When page_ext initialization completes, set their codetag to empty to avoid warnings when they are freed later. This warning is only observed with CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG=Y and mem_profiling_compressed disabled: [ 9.582133] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 9.582137] alloc_tag was not set [ 9.582139] WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:164 at __pgalloc_tag_sub+0x40f/0x550, CPU#5: systemd/1 [ 9.582190] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) [ 9.582192] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 9.582194] RIP: 0010:__pgalloc_tag_sub+0x40f/0x550 [ 9.582196] Code: 00 00 4c 29 e5 48 8b 05 1f 88 56 05 48 8d 4c ad 00 48 8d 2c c8 e9 87 fd ff ff 0f 0b 0f 0b e9 f3 fe ff ff 48 8d 3d 61 2f ed 03 <67> 48 0f b9 3a e9 b3 fd ff ff 0f 0b eb e4 e8 5e cd 14 02 4c 89 c7 [ 9.582197] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000001f940 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 9.582200] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 1ffff92000003f2b RCX: 1ffff110200d806c [ 9.582201] RDX: ffff8881006c0360 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff9bc7b460 [ 9.582202] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff3a62324 [ 9.582203] R10: ffffffff9d311923 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffea0004001b00 [ 9.582204] R13: 0000000000002000 R14: ffffea0000000000 R15: ffff8881006c0360 [ 9.582206] FS: 00007ffbbcf2d940(0000) GS:ffff888450479000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 9.582208] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 9.582210] CR2: 000055ee3aa260d0 CR3: 0000000148b67005 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 9.582211] PKRU: 55555554 [ 9.582212] Call Trace: [ 9.582213] <TASK> [ 9.582214] ? __pfx___pgalloc_tag_sub+0x10/0x10 [ 9.582216] ? check_bytes_and_report+0x68/0x140 [ 9.582219] __free_frozen_pages+0x2e4/0x1150 [ 9.582221] ? __free_slab+0xc2/0x2b0 [ 9.582224] qlist_free_all+0x4c/0xf0 [ 9.582227] kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x15d/0x180 [ 9.582229] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x69/0x90 [ 9.582232] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x14a/0x500 [ 9.582234] do_getname+0x96/0x310 [ 9.582237] do_readlinkat+0x91/0x2f0 [ 9.582239] ? __pfx_do_readlinkat+0x10/0x10 [ 9.582240] ? get_random_bytes_user+0x1df/0x2c0 [ 9.582244] __x64_sys_readlinkat+0x96/0x100 [ 9.582246] do_syscall_64+0xce/0x650 [ 9.582250] ? __x64_sys_getrandom+0x13a/0x1e0 [ 9.582252] ? __pfx___x64_sys_getrandom+0x10/0x10 [ 9.582254] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650 [ 9.582255] ? ksys_read+0xfc/0x1d0 [ 9.582258] ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10 [ 9.582260] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650 [ 9.582262] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650 [ 9.582264] ? __pfx_fput_close_sync+0x10/0x10 [ 9.582266] ? file_close_fd_locked+0x178/0x2a0 [ 9.582268] ? __x64_sys_faccessat2+0x96/0x100 [ 9.582269] ? __x64_sys_close+0x7d/0xd0 [ 9.582271] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650 [ 9.582273] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650 [ 9.582275] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0 [ 9.582277] ? clear_bhb_l ---truncated---
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，该漏洞源于页面扩展初始化前分配的页面缺少代码标签，可能导致释放后重用。
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

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Linux Linux dcfe378c81f72f146890ce1dcfdcc742d3b66924 ~ d5b495ba9de0423ef39f8bd86729a885870c7efe -
Linux Linux 6.10 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-46279 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-06-08 · 41 CVEs total

CVE-2026-46289 9.8 CRITICAL lib/scatterlist: fix length calculations in extract_kvec_to_sg
CVE-2026-46288 8.4 HIGH of: unittest: fix use-after-free in of_unittest_changeset()
CVE-2026-46307 8.3 HIGH wifi: ath5k: do not access array OOB
CVE-2026-46303 8.2 HIGH isofs: validate Rock Ridge CE continuation extent against volume size
CVE-2026-46274 7.8 HIGH io-wq: check that the predecessor is hashed in io_wq_remove_pending()
CVE-2026-46275 7.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix UAFs and race conditions in close and init paths
CVE-2026-46277 7.8 HIGH mm/zone_device: do not touch device folio after calling ->folio_free()
CVE-2026-46280 7.8 HIGH lib: test_hmm: evict device pages on file close to avoid use-after-free
CVE-2026-46311 7.8 HIGH drm/amdgpu/userq: fix access to stale wptr mapping
CVE-2026-46304 7.5 HIGH nvmet: avoid recursive nvmet-wq flush in nvmet_ctrl_free
CVE-2026-46306 7.5 HIGH flow_dissector: do not dissect PPPoE PFC frames
CVE-2026-46299 7.0 HIGH hfsplus: fix held lock freed on hfsplus_fill_super()
CVE-2026-46298 pseries/papr-hvpipe: Fix race with interrupt handler
CVE-2026-46314 drm/v3d: Reject empty multisync extension to prevent infinite loop
CVE-2026-46301 spi: topcliff-pch: fix use-after-free on unbind
CVE-2026-46302 selinux: allow multiple opens of /sys/fs/selinux/policy
CVE-2026-46305 staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: avoid NULL pointer dereference in rtw_cbuf_alloc
CVE-2026-46308 pmdomain: mediatek: fix use-after-free in scpsys_get_bus_protection_legacy()
CVE-2026-46309 drm/xe/uapi: Reject coh_none PAT index for CPU cached memory in madvise
CVE-2026-46310 media: renesas: vsp1: Fix NULL pointer deref on module unload

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