GHSA-536v-q9w2-w76rMediumCVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/migrate_device: fix...

Published
July 19, 2026
Last Modified
August 13, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/migrate_device: fix spinlock leak in migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page

When check_stable_address_space() fails after the PMD spinlock has been acquired via pmd_lock(), the code jumps directly to the abort label, bypassing the spin_unlock() call in unlock_abort. This causes the PMD spinlock to be permanently held, leading to a deadlock.

Change the goto target from abort to unlock_abort to ensure the spinlock is always released on this error path.

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