GHSA-f8mj-87c7-35x8unknown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Initialise...

Published
August 22, 2026
Last Modified
August 23, 2026

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📋 Description

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

ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer()

In rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(), bpage->order was omitted, leaving it as 0. This is an issue for a ring-buffer with subbufs bigger than PAGE_SIZE if when freed: free_buffer_page() relies on this value. Align the value with the actual allocation size (buffer::subbuf_order).

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