Bug 2536453 (CVE-2026-90283) - CVE-2026-90283 kernel: hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure
Summary: CVE-2026-90283 kernel: hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90283
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:58 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-05 13:59 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:58:28 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hugetlbfs: release subpool on fill_super failure

hugetlbfs_fill_super() allocates a hugepage subpool when size or min_size
mount options are specified.  hugepage_new_subpool() may also reserve huge
pages for min_size.

If root dentry creation fails after the subpool is created, the failure
path frees the subpool with kfree().  This bypasses hugepage_put_subpool()
and can leave min_size reservations charged.

Use hugepage_put_subpool() on the failure path, matching the normal
put_super path.


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