DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/pagealloc: prevent pcp corruption with SMP=n The kernel test robot has reported: BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kcompactd0/28 lock: 0xffff888807e35ef0, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: kcompactd0/28, .ownercpu: 0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 28 Comm: kcompactd0 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc5-00127-ga06157804399 #1 PREEMPT 8cc09ef94dcec767faa911515ce9e609c45db470 Call Trace: <IRQ> dumpstack (lib/dumpstack.c:95) dumpstacklvl (lib/dumpstack.c:123) dumpstack (lib/dumpstack.c:130) spindump (kernel/locking/spinlockdebug.c:71) dorawspintrylock (kernel/locking/spinlockdebug.c:?) _rawspintrylock (include/linux/spinlockapismp.h:89 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:138) _freefrozenpages (mm/pagealloc.c:2973) _freepages (mm/pagealloc.c:5295) _freepages (mm/pagealloc.c:5334) tlbremovetablercu (include/linux/mm.h:? include/linux/mm.h:3122 include/asm-generic/tlb.h:220 mm/mmugather.c:227 mm/mmugather.c:290) ? _cfitlbremovetablercu (mm/mmugather.c:289) ? rcucore (kernel/rcu/tree.c:?) rcucore (include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2607 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2861) rcucoresi (kernel/rcu/tree.c:2879) handlesoftirqs (arch/x86/include/asm/jumplabel.h:36 include/trace/events/irq.h:142 kernel/softirq.c:623) _irqexitrcu (arch/x86/include/asm/jumplabel.h:36 kernel/softirq.c:725) irqexitrcu (kernel/softirq.c:741) sysvecapictimerinterrupt (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1052) </IRQ> <TASK> RIP: 0010:rawspinunlockirqrestore (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:95 include/linux/spinlockapismp.h:152 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194) freepcppagesbulk (mm/pagealloc.c:1494) drainpageszone (include/linux/spinlock.h:391 mm/pagealloc.c:2632) _drainallpages (mm/pagealloc.c:2731) drainallpages (mm/pagealloc.c:2747) kcompactd (mm/compaction.c:3115) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:465) ? _cfikcompactd (mm/compaction.c:3166) ? _cfikthread (kernel/kthread.c:412) retfromfork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:164) ? _cfikthread (kernel/kthread.c:412) retfromforkasm (arch/x86/entry/entry64.S:255) </TASK> Matthew has analyzed the report and identified that in drainpagezone() we are in a section protected by spinlock(&pcp->lock) and then get an interrupt that attempts spintrylock() on the same lock. The code is designed to work this way without disabling IRQs and occasionally fail the trylock with a fallback. However, the SMP=n spinlock implementation assumes spintrylock() will always succeed, and thus it's normally a no-op. Here the enabled lock debugging catches the problem, but otherwise it could cause a corruption of the pcp structure. The problem has been introduced by commit 574907741599 ("mm/pagealloc: leave IRQs enabled for per-cpu page allocations"). The pcp locking scheme recognizes the need for disabling IRQs to prevent nesting spintrylock() sections on SMP=n, but the need to prevent the nesting in spinlock() has not been recognized. Fix it by introducing local wrappers that change the spinlock() to spinlockiqsave() with SMP=n and use them in all places that do spinlock(&pcp->lock). [vbabka@suse.cz: add pcp prefix to the spinlockirqsave wrappers, per Steven]

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23025

Affected packages

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.27-1

6.1.37-1

6.1.38-1

6.1.38-2~bpo11+1

6.1.38-2

6.1.38-3

6.1.38-4~bpo11+1

6.1.38-4

6.1.52-1

6.1.55-1~bpo11+1

6.1.55-1

6.1.64-1

6.1.66-1

6.1.67-1

6.1.69-1~bpo11+1

6.1.69-1

6.1.76-1~bpo11+1

6.1.76-1

6.1.82-1

6.1.85-1

6.1.90-1~bpo11+1

6.1.90-1

6.1.94-1~bpo11+1

6.1.94-1

6.1.98-1

6.1.99-1

6.1.106-1

6.1.106-2

6.1.106-3

6.1.112-1

6.1.115-1

6.1.119-1

6.1.123-1

6.1.124-1

6.1.128-1

6.1.129-1

6.1.133-1

6.1.135-1

6.1.137-1

6.1.139-1

6.1.140-1

6.1.147-1

6.1.148-1

6.1.153-1

6.1.158-1

6.1.159-1

6.1.162-1

6.3.1-1~exp1

6.3.2-1~exp1

6.3.4-1~exp1

6.3.5-1~exp1

6.3.7-1~bpo12+1

6.3.7-1

6.3.11-1

6.4~rc6-1~exp1

6.4~rc7-1~exp1

6.4.1-1~exp1

6.4.4-1~bpo12+1

6.4.4-1

6.4.4-2

6.4.4-3~bpo12+1

6.4.4-3

6.4.11-1

6.4.13-1

6.5~rc4-1~exp1

6.5~rc6-1~exp1

6.5~rc7-1~exp1

6.5.1-1~exp1

6.5.3-1~bpo12+1

6.5.3-1

6.5.6-1

6.5.8-1

6.5.10-1~bpo12+1

6.5.10-1

6.5.13-1

6.6.3-1~exp1

6.6.4-1~exp1

6.6.7-1~exp1

6.6.8-1

6.6.9-1

6.6.11-1

6.6.13-1~bpo12+1

6.6.13-1

6.6.15-1

6.6.15-2

6.7-1~exp1

6.7.1-1~exp1

6.7.4-1~exp1

6.7.7-1

6.7.9-1

6.7.9-2

6.7.12-1~bpo12+1

6.7.12-1

6.8.9-1

6.8.11-1

6.8.12-1~bpo12+1

6.8.12-1

6.9.2-1~exp1

6.9.7-1~bpo12+1

6.9.7-1

6.9.8-1

6.9.9-1

6.9.10-1~bpo12+1

6.9.10-1

6.9.11-1

6.9.12-1

6.10-1~exp1

6.10.1-1~exp1

6.10.3-1

6.10.4-1

6.10.6-1~bpo12+1

6.10.6-1

6.10.7-1

6.10.9-1

6.10.11-1~bpo12+1

6.10.11-1

6.10.12-1

6.11~rc4-1~exp1

6.11~rc5-1~exp1

6.11-1~exp1

6.11.2-1

6.11.4-1

6.11.5-1~bpo12+1

6.11.5-1

6.11.6-1

6.11.7-1

6.11.9-1

6.11.10-1~bpo12+1

6.11.10-1

6.12~rc6-1~exp1

6.12.3-1

6.12.5-1

6.12.6-1

6.12.8-1

6.12.9-1~bpo12+1

6.12.9-1

6.12.9-1+alpha

6.12.10-1

6.12.11-1

6.12.11-1+alpha

6.12.11-1+alpha.1

6.12.12-1~bpo12+1

6.12.12-1

6.12.13-1

6.12.15-1

6.12.16-1

6.12.17-1

6.12.19-1

6.12.20-1

6.12.21-1

6.12.22-1~bpo12+1

6.12.22-1

6.12.25-1

6.12.27-1~bpo12+1

6.12.27-1

6.12.29-1

6.12.30-1~bpo12+1

6.12.30-1

6.12.31-1

6.12.32-1~bpo12+1

6.12.32-1

6.12.33-1~bpo12+1

6.12.33-1

6.12.35-1~bpo12+1

6.12.35-1

6.12.37-1

6.12.38-1~bpo12+1

6.12.38-1

6.12.41-1

6.12.43-1~bpo12+1

6.12.43-1

6.12.48-1

6.12.57-1~bpo12+1

6.12.57-1

6.12.63-1

6.12.69-1

6.13~rc6-1~exp1

6.13~rc7-1~exp1

6.13.2-1~exp1

6.13.3-1~exp1

6.13.4-1~exp1

6.13.5-1~exp1

6.13.6-1~exp1

6.13.7-1~exp1

6.13.8-1~exp1

6.13.9-1~exp1

6.13.10-1~exp1

6.13.11-1~exp1

6.14.3-1~exp1

6.14.5-1~exp1

6.14.6-1~exp1

6.15~rc7-1~exp1

6.15-1~exp1

6.15.1-1~exp1

6.15.2-1~exp1

6.15.3-1~exp1

6.15.4-1~exp1

6.15.5-1~exp1

6.15.6-1~exp1

6.16~rc7-1~exp1

6.16-1~exp1

6.16.1-1~exp1

6.16.3-1~bpo13+1

6.16.3-1

6.16.5-1

6.16.6-1

6.16.7-1

6.16.8-1

6.16.9-1

6.16.10-1

6.16.11-1

6.16.12-1~bpo13+1

6.16.12-1

6.16.12-2

6.17.2-1~exp1

6.17.5-1~exp1

6.17.6-1

6.17.7-1

6.17.7-2

6.17.8-1~bpo13+1

6.17.8-1

6.17.9-1

6.17.10-1

6.17.11-1

6.17.12-1

6.17.13-1~bpo13+1

6.17.13-1

6.18~rc4-1~exp1

6.18~rc4-1~exp2

6.18~rc5-1~exp1

6.18~rc6-1~exp1

6.18~rc7-1~exp1

6.18.1-1~exp1

6.18.2-1~exp1

6.18.3-1

6.18.5-1~bpo13+1

6.18.5-1

6.18.8-1

6.18.9-1

6.19~rc4-1~exp1

6.19~rc5-1~exp1

6.19~rc6-1~exp1

6.19~rc7-1~exp1

6.19~rc8-1~exp1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23025.json"

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.12.38-1

6.12.41-1

6.12.43-1~bpo12+1

6.12.43-1

6.12.48-1

6.12.57-1~bpo12+1

6.12.57-1

6.12.63-1

6.12.69-1

6.13~rc6-1~exp1

6.13~rc7-1~exp1

6.13.2-1~exp1

6.13.3-1~exp1

6.13.4-1~exp1

6.13.5-1~exp1

6.13.6-1~exp1

6.13.7-1~exp1

6.13.8-1~exp1

6.13.9-1~exp1

6.13.10-1~exp1

6.13.11-1~exp1

6.14.3-1~exp1

6.14.5-1~exp1

6.14.6-1~exp1

6.15~rc7-1~exp1

6.15-1~exp1

6.15.1-1~exp1

6.15.2-1~exp1

6.15.3-1~exp1

6.15.4-1~exp1

6.15.5-1~exp1

6.15.6-1~exp1

6.16~rc7-1~exp1

6.16-1~exp1

6.16.1-1~exp1

6.16.3-1~bpo13+1

6.16.3-1

6.16.5-1

6.16.6-1

6.16.7-1

6.16.8-1

6.16.9-1

6.16.10-1

6.16.11-1

6.16.12-1~bpo13+1

6.16.12-1

6.16.12-2

6.17.2-1~exp1

6.17.5-1~exp1

6.17.6-1

6.17.7-1

6.17.7-2

6.17.8-1~bpo13+1

6.17.8-1

6.17.9-1

6.17.10-1

6.17.11-1

6.17.12-1

6.17.13-1~bpo13+1

6.17.13-1

6.18~rc4-1~exp1

6.18~rc4-1~exp2

6.18~rc5-1~exp1

6.18~rc6-1~exp1

6.18~rc7-1~exp1

6.18.1-1~exp1

6.18.2-1~exp1

6.18.3-1

6.18.5-1~bpo13+1

6.18.5-1

6.18.8-1

6.18.9-1

6.19~rc4-1~exp1

6.19~rc5-1~exp1

6.19~rc6-1~exp1

6.19~rc7-1~exp1

6.19~rc8-1~exp1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23025.json"

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.12.38-1

6.12.41-1

6.12.43-1~bpo12+1

6.12.43-1

6.12.48-1

6.12.57-1~bpo12+1

6.12.57-1

6.12.63-1

6.12.69-1

6.13~rc6-1~exp1

6.13~rc7-1~exp1

6.13.2-1~exp1

6.13.3-1~exp1

6.13.4-1~exp1

6.13.5-1~exp1

6.13.6-1~exp1

6.13.7-1~exp1

6.13.8-1~exp1

6.13.9-1~exp1

6.13.10-1~exp1

6.13.11-1~exp1

6.14.3-1~exp1

6.14.5-1~exp1

6.14.6-1~exp1

6.15~rc7-1~exp1

6.15-1~exp1

6.15.1-1~exp1

6.15.2-1~exp1

6.15.3-1~exp1

6.15.4-1~exp1

6.15.5-1~exp1

6.15.6-1~exp1

6.16~rc7-1~exp1

6.16-1~exp1

6.16.1-1~exp1

6.16.3-1~bpo13+1

6.16.3-1

6.16.5-1

6.16.6-1

6.16.7-1

6.16.8-1

6.16.9-1

6.16.10-1

6.16.11-1

6.16.12-1~bpo13+1

6.16.12-1

6.16.12-2

6.17.2-1~exp1

6.17.5-1~exp1

6.17.6-1

6.17.7-1

6.17.7-2

6.17.8-1~bpo13+1

6.17.8-1

6.17.9-1

6.17.10-1

6.17.11-1

6.17.12-1

6.17.13-1~bpo13+1

6.17.13-1

6.18~rc4-1~exp1

6.18~rc4-1~exp2

6.18~rc5-1~exp1

6.18~rc6-1~exp1

6.18~rc7-1~exp1

6.18.1-1~exp1

6.18.2-1~exp1

6.18.3-1

6.18.5-1~bpo13+1

6.18.5-1

6.18.8-1

6.18.9-1

6.19~rc4-1~exp1

6.19~rc5-1~exp1

6.19~rc6-1~exp1

6.19~rc7-1~exp1

6.19~rc8-1~exp1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23025.json"