Bug 2554842 (CVE-2026-98506)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98506 kernel: mm/hugetlb: do not dissolve gigantic pages without runtime support
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's HugeTLB (Huge Translation Lookaside Buffer) subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering the dissolution of gigantic memory pages that lack runtime support. Because the kernel fails to verify runtime support before freeing these pages, a failure during memory restoration corrupts the HugeTLB free list and crashes the system.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:22:20 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/hugetlb: do not dissolve gigantic pages without runtime support

dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() doesn't check
hstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime(h) though remove_hugetlb_folio()/
update_and_free_hugetlb_folio() silently bail for such folios, so it frees
a still-listed folio and, on vmemmap restore failure, the
add_hugetlb_folio() rollback corrupts the free list.