Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
zsmalloc: fix races between asynchronous zspage free and page migration
The asynchronous zspage free worker tries to lock a zspage's entire page
list without defending against page migration. Since pages which haven't
yet been locked can concurrently migrate off the zspage page list while
lock_zspage() churns away, lock_zspage() can suffer from a few different
lethal races.
It can lock a page which no longer belongs to the zspage and unsafely
dereference page_private(), it can unsafely dereference a torn pointer to
the next page (since there's a data race), and it can observe a spurious
NULL pointer to the next page and thus not lock all of the zspage's pages
(since a single page migration will reconstruct the entire page list, and
create_page_chain() unconditionally zeroes out each list pointer in the
process).
Fix the races by using migrate_read_lock() in lock_zspage() to synchronize
with page migration.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.14 | 4.14.282 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.18.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.18.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.18.2-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-vmware | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux | 5.15.0-47.51 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1019.23 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1019.24 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1017.23 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1015.18 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1002.4 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1013.15 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1015.20 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1017.21 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-47.53 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1007.7 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1017.22 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1014.16 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux | 5.4.0-126.142 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.4.0-1085.92 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.15 | 5.15.0-1019.23~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.4.0-1091.96 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.15 | 5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-bluefield | 5.4.0-1046.51 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.4.0-1089.97 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.15 | 5.15.0-1017.23~20.04.2 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.15 +1 | 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.4.0-1033.37 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 5.15.0-1015.20~20.04.2 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-iot | 5.4.0-1004.6 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 5.4.0-1075.80 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.4.0-1083.91 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.15 | 5.15.0-1017.22~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.4.0-1070.80 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-riscv-5.15 | 5.15.0-1018.21~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux | 4.15.0-191.202 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-aws | 4.15.0-1139.150 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.4 | 5.4.0-1085.92~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-4.15 | 4.15.0-1149.164 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.4 | 5.4.0-1091.96~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-4.15 | 4.15.0-1134.150 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.4 | 5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.4 | 5.4.0-126.142~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-ibm-5.4 | 5.4.0-1033.37~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 4.15.0-1125.130 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 4.15.0-1104.115 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.4 | 5.4.0-1083.91~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-raspi-5.4 | 5.4.0-1070.80~18.04.1 | — |
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1020.20 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-fips | 5.4.0-1085.92+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-fips | 5.4.0-1091.96+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-fips | 5.4.0-1061.69 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 5.4.0-1089.97+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-fips | 4.15.0-2078.83 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-fips | 4.15.0-2059.65 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-fips | 4.15.0-1096.107 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 4.15.0-2043.48 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-aws-hwe | 4.15.0-1139.150~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1149.164~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 4.15.0-1134.150~16.04.2 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0-191.202~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 4.15.0-1104.115~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1149.164~14.04.1 | — |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | kernel-livepatch-4.14.285-215.501 | 1.0-0.amzn2 | ALAS2-2022-1813 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | perf +8 | 4.14.285-215.501.amzn2 | ALAS2-2022-1813 |
Advisories 1
- ALAS2-2022-1813 Important: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Oct 2, 2025
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3674d8a8dadd03a447dd21069d4dacfc3399b63b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/645996efc2ae391246d595832aaa6f9d3cc338c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc658c083904427abbf8f18280d517ee2668677c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fae05b2314b147a78fbed1dc4c645d9a66313758
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec459c8810e658401be428d3168eacfc380bdd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ba7b7c1dad1f6503c541778f31b33f7f62eb966
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5402fb5f71f1a725f1e55d9c6799c0c7bec308f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2505a981114dcb715f8977b8433f7540854851d8