CVE-2026-46035 mm/page_alloc: return NULL early from alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() in NMI on UP

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/pagealloc: return NULL early from allocfrozenpagesnolock in NMI on UP On UP kernels !CONFIGSMP, spintrylock is a no-op that unconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a result, allocfrozenpagesnolock calle...

CVE-2026-46035

CVE-2026-46035 affects the Linux kernel on UP (non-SMP) configurations and describes a vulnerability in mm/page_alloc. The issue arises because on UP, spin_trylock() is a no-op and may always succeed even if the lock is held, allowing alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() invoked from NMI to re-enter rmque...