CVE-2026-43303

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_alloc: clear page->private in free_pages_prepare() Several subsystems (slub, shmem, ttm, etc.) use page->private but don't clear it before freeing pages. When these pages are later allocated as high-order pages and split via split_page(), tail pages retain stale page->private values. This causes a use-after-free in the swap subsystem. The swap code uses page->private to track swap count continuations, assuming freshly allocated pages have page->private == 0. When stale values are present, swap_count_continued() incorrectly assumes the continuation list is valid and iterates over uninitialized page->lru containing LIST_POISON values, causing a crash: KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead000000000100-0xdead000000000107] RIP: 0010:__do_sys_swapoff+0x1151/0x1860 Fix this by clearing page->private in free_pages_prepare(), ensuring all freed pages have clean state regardless of previous use.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

19 Jun 2026, 13:16

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3edb8ebbf79b9016040e8f3421d723ae3d542b32 -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7790ab165713b79b1617ce659742ceb3a859d05 -

09 Jun 2026, 11:16

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9719e32a67b4b00b3c9b133e8b5ffa72a26b67b -

15 May 2026, 13:27

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References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b82b7a26182ad840ae67d390d7ec9771e8c00f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b82b7a26182ad840ae67d390d7ec9771e8c00f - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac1ea219590c09572ed5992dc233bbf7bb70fef9 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac1ea219590c09572ed5992dc233bbf7bb70fef9 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d757c793853ec5483eb41ec2942c300b8fa720fb - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d757c793853ec5483eb41ec2942c300b8fa720fb - Patch
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-416

11 May 2026, 08:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

08 May 2026, 14:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-08 14:16

Updated : 2026-06-19 13:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-43303

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43303

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43303


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416

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