Bug 2516388 (CVE-2026-72173) - CVE-2026-72173 kernel: fs/proc/task_mmu: do not warn on seeing non-migration pmd entry
Summary: CVE-2026-72173 kernel: fs/proc/task_mmu: do not warn on seeing non-migration ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72173
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:09 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 08:43 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:09:51 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/proc/task_mmu: do not warn on seeing non-migration pmd entry

Patch series "mm/hmm: A fix and a selftest", v3.

Patch 1 fixes a stale warning present from the time when only migration
softleaf entries were supported at the PMD level.

Patch 2 adds some code into hmm-tests.c which exercises the pagemap path
for PMD device-private entries.


This patch (of 2):

pagemap_pmd_range_thp() warns if a non-present PMD is not a migration
entry.  This became false once device-private entries at the PMD level
were added.

Therefore, remove the stale migration-only assertion.


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