Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/pagetablecheck: A crash occurred when checking ZONEDEVICE. Not all pages apply to the pgtable check. An example is ZONEDEVICE pages: they directly map PFNs, and they never allocate pageext, even if there’s a struct page around...

CVE-2026-72172 mm/mm_init: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONE_DEVICE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

PT-2026-72360

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the memory management initialization where section activate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap when DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early...

CVE-2026-72172: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mminit: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONEDEVICE If DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early section, sectionactivate reuses the unoptimized boot memmap. However, compoundnrpages still assumes th...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53323

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2/dax: Fix ext2setsize when len is page aligned PAGEALIGNx macro gives the next highest value which is multiple of pagesize. But if x is already page aligned then it simply returns x. So, if x passed is 0 in daxzerorange...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 5 for SLE 15 SP6)

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-1506002325 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2024-53146: NFSD: Prevent a potential integer overflow bsc1234854. CVE-2024-53214: vfio/pci: Properly hide first-in-list PCIe extended capability bsc1235005. CVE-2024-53173:...

Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP6)

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-1506001011 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2024-53146: NFSD: Prevent a potential integer overflow bsc1234854. CVE-2024-53214: vfio/pci: Properly hide first-in-list PCIe extended capability bsc1235005. CVE-2024-53173:...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40948

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/pagetablecheck: fix crash on ZONEDEVICE Not all pages may apply to pgtable check. One example is ZONEDEVICE pages: they map PFNs directly, and they don't allocate pageext at all even if there's struct page around. One may...

CVE-2024-40948: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/pagetablecheck: fix crash on ZONEDEVICE Not all pages may apply to pgtable check. One example is ZONEDEVICE pages: they map PFNs directly, and they don't allocate pageext at all even if there's struct page around. One may...