CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-43285
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slab: do not access current->mems_allowed_seq if !allow_spin
Lockdep complains when get_from_any_partial() is called in an NMI
context, because current->mems_allowed_seq is seqcount_spinlock_t and
not NMI-safe:
================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
6.19.0-rc5-kfree-rcu+ #315 Tainted: G N
--------------------------------
inconsistent {INITIAL USE} -> {IN-NMI} usage.
kunit_try_catch/9989 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
ffff889085799820 (&____s->seqcount#3){.-.-}-{0:0}, at: ___slab_alloc+0x58f/0xc00
{INITIAL USE} state was registered at:
lock_acquire+0x185/0x320
kernel_init_freeable+0x391/0x1150
kernel_init+0x1f/0x220
ret_from_fork+0x736/0x8f0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
irq event stamp: 56
hardirqs last enabled at (55): [<ffffffff850a68d7>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x27/0x70
hardirqs last disabled at (56): [<ffffffff850858ca>] __schedule+0x2a8a/0x6630
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<ffffffff81536711>] copy_process+0x1dc1/0x6a10
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(&____s->seqcount#3);
<Interrupt>
lock(&____s->seqcount#3);
*** DEADLOCK ***
According to Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst, seqcount_t is not
NMI-safe and seqcount_latch_t should be used when read path can interrupt
the write-side critical section. In this case, do not access
current->mems_allowed_seq and avoid retry.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.18 < 6.18.16)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.6)
• linux linux kernel 7.0