Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/alloc_tag: clear codetag for pages allocated before page_ext initialization
Due to initialization ordering, page_ext is allocated and initialized
relatively late during boot. Some pages have already been allocated and
freed before page_ext becomes available, leaving their codetag
uninitialized.
A clear example is in init_section_page_ext(): alloc_page_ext() calls
kmemleak_alloc(). If the slab cache has no free objects, it falls back to
the buddy allocator to allocate memory. However, at this point page_ext
is not yet fully initialized, so these newly allocated pages have no
codetag set. These pages may later be reclaimed by KASAN, which causes
the warning to trigger when they are freed because their codetag ref is
still empty.
Use a global array to track pages allocated before page_ext is fully
initialized. The array size is fixed at 8192 entries, and will emit a
warning if this limit is exceeded. When page_ext initialization
completes, set their codetag to empty to avoid warnings when they are
freed later.
This warning is only observed with CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG=Y and
mem_profiling_compressed disabled:
[ 9.582133] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 9.582137] alloc_tag was not set
[ 9.582139] WARNING: ./include/linux/alloc_tag.h:164 at __pgalloc_tag_sub+0x40f/0x550, CPU#5: systemd/1
[ 9.582190] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
[ 9.582192] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 9.582194] RIP: 0010:__pgalloc_tag_sub+0x40f/0x550
[ 9.582196] Code: 00 00 4c 29 e5 48 8b 05 1f 88 56 05 48 8d 4c ad 00 48 8d 2c c8 e9 87 fd ff ff 0f 0b 0f 0b e9 f3 fe ff ff 48 8d 3d 61 2f ed 03 <67> 48 0f b9 3a e9 b3 fd ff ff 0f 0b eb e4 e8 5e cd 14 02 4c 89 c7
[ 9.582197] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000001f940 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 9.582200] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 1ffff92000003f2b RCX: 1ffff110200d806c
[ 9.582201] RDX: ffff8881006c0360 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff9bc7b460
[ 9.582202] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff3a62324
[ 9.582203] R10: ffffffff9d311923 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffea0004001b00
[ 9.582204] R13: 0000000000002000 R14: ffffea0000000000 R15: ffff8881006c0360
[ 9.582206] FS: 00007ffbbcf2d940(0000) GS:ffff888450479000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 9.582208] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 9.582210] CR2: 000055ee3aa260d0 CR3: 0000000148b67005 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[ 9.582211] PKRU: 55555554
[ 9.582212] Call Trace:
[ 9.582213] <TASK>
[ 9.582214] ? __pfx___pgalloc_tag_sub+0x10/0x10
[ 9.582216] ? check_bytes_and_report+0x68/0x140
[ 9.582219] __free_frozen_pages+0x2e4/0x1150
[ 9.582221] ? __free_slab+0xc2/0x2b0
[ 9.582224] qlist_free_all+0x4c/0xf0
[ 9.582227] kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x15d/0x180
[ 9.582229] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x69/0x90
[ 9.582232] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x14a/0x500
[ 9.582234] do_getname+0x96/0x310
[ 9.582237] do_readlinkat+0x91/0x2f0
[ 9.582239] ? __pfx_do_readlinkat+0x10/0x10
[ 9.582240] ? get_random_bytes_user+0x1df/0x2c0
[ 9.582244] __x64_sys_readlinkat+0x96/0x100
[ 9.582246] do_syscall_64+0xce/0x650
[ 9.582250] ? __x64_sys_getrandom+0x13a/0x1e0
[ 9.582252] ? __pfx___x64_sys_getrandom+0x10/0x10
[ 9.582254] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650
[ 9.582255] ? ksys_read+0xfc/0x1d0
[ 9.582258] ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10
[ 9.582260] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650
[ 9.582262] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650
[ 9.582264] ? __pfx_fput_close_sync+0x10/0x10
[ 9.582266] ? file_close_fd_locked+0x178/0x2a0
[ 9.582268] ? __x64_sys_faccessat2+0x96/0x100
[ 9.582269] ? __x64_sys_close+0x7d/0xd0
[ 9.582271] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650
[ 9.582273] ? do_syscall_64+0x114/0x650
[ 9.582275] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x50/0xa0
[ 9.582277] ? clear_bhb_l
---truncated---
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.10 | 6.18.27 |
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 | 7.0.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux | 7.0.0-27.27 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-aws +1 | 7.0.0-1008.8 | USN-8489-1, USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-azure | 7.0.0-1010.10 | USN-8603-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-gcp +1 | 7.0.0-1007.7 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-ibm +1 | 7.0.0-1009.9 | USN-8603-1, USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-nvidia | 7.0.0-1013.13 | USN-8507-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 7.0.0-1014.14 | USN-8488-2 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-riscv +1 | 7.0.0-27.27.1 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux +8 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-hwe-7.0 | 7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1 | USN-8569-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 +1 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 7.0.12-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11014-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | kernel-livepatch-6.18.30-61.116 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-1754 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | perf6.18 +11 | 1:6.18.30-61.116.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-1754 |
Advisories 9
- USN-8603-1 linux-azure, linux-azure-fde vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 13, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-1827 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- USN-8488-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-ibm, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8569-1 linux-hwe-7.0 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8488-2 linux-raspi vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8489-1 linux-oem-7.0 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8507-1 linux-nvidia vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1754 Important: kernel6.18 security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jul 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11014-1 kernel-devel-7.0.12-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jun 13, 2026