CVE-2026-74599

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74599
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74599.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74599
Downstream
Published
2026-08-22T15:31:48Z
Modified
2026-08-25T03:51:49Z
Summary
mm/ptdump: always stabilise against page table freeing using init_mm
Details

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

mm/ptdump: always stabilise against page table freeing using init_mm

Previous commits have established the invariant that kernel page table freeing is performed while an mmap read lock on init_mm is held, which fixes races between ptdump and kernel page table freeing over init_mm.

However, x86 and arm64 can perform a ptdump over an mm other than init_mm via ptdump_walk_pgd() and since kernel memory ranges are shared across non-kernel mm's, this means that the race still exists for these cases.

Fix this by acquiring a nested mmap write lock for init_mm in ptdump_walk_pgd().

This is safe as we take this after mmap write locking the mm, and nothing acquires the init_mm lock first before locking an arbitrary mm, so no deadlock is possible.

Also update walk_page_range_debug() to assert that init_mm is write locked, add a comment explaining why and remove some redundant code, and eliminate the unnecessary and confusing invocation of walk_kernel_page_table_range().

We can safely remove the non-NULL check for walk.mm, as the mmap lock asserts would NULL pointer deref if it was (and of course no callers do this).

The first point at which ptdump can race kernel page table freeing is commit b6bdb7517c3d ("mm/vmalloc: add interfaces to free unmapped page table"), so we target this in the Fixes tag.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74599.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b6bdb7517c3d3f41f20e5c2948d6bc3f8897394e
Fixed
3c0391b9a774cc0854f3152e484a9d4835b12b40
Fixed
cbd9583bb6f70733d0022a66d3546a15c76ae744
Fixed
76df4edf7d61ecb711bc517ff4c20a5e85c4e9f7
Fixed
b9c6d048bdfaae78d7d921b454f7de7baefaa2f0
Fixed
7f740664aec1f832953c2e6d9b8920cd6c8bcc0c
Fixed
4adc4c9a9a43d61fe476dfe10811f3df2e7e4106
Fixed
27c32e5538344b13c1505a08861e04620c125d47
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
31895cfd79564111cdd5a9f48c5d491ae26a238e
Last Affected
9c7f7bdb1932f8c1e5f80d32c717184701afe701
Last Affected
acdb4981644c8e31ccee294bdefff475c0cf587b
Last Affected
0454e2fad9306961540ee7e84da47a8e345b7d22
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.4.125
Fixed
4.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.9.91
Fixed
4.10
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.14.31
Fixed
4.15
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.15.14
Fixed
4.16

Affected versions

v2.*
v2.6.12-rc2
v2.6.12-rc3
v2.6.12-rc4
v2.6.13
v2.6.13-rc1
v2.6.13-rc2
v2.6.13-rc3
v2.6.13-rc4
v2.6.13-rc5
v2.6.13-rc6
v2.6.13-rc7
v2.6.14-rc1
v2.6.14-rc2
v2.6.14-rc3
v2.6.15-rc1
v2.6.15-rc2
v2.6.15-rc4
v2.6.15-rc5
v2.6.15-rc7
v2.6.16
v2.6.16-rc1
v2.6.16-rc2
v2.6.16-rc3
v2.6.16-rc4
v2.6.16-rc5
v2.6.16-rc6
v2.6.17
v2.6.17-rc1
v2.6.17-rc2
v2.6.17-rc3
v2.6.17-rc4
v2.6.17-rc5
v2.6.17-rc6
v2.6.18
v2.6.18-rc1
v2.6.18-rc2
v2.6.18-rc3
v2.6.18-rc5
v2.6.18-rc6
v2.6.19-rc1
v2.6.19-rc2
v2.6.20-rc1
v2.6.20-rc2
v2.6.20-rc3
v2.6.20-rc4
v2.6.20-rc5
v2.6.20-rc6
v2.6.20-rc7
v2.6.21
v2.6.21-rc1
v2.6.21-rc2
v2.6.21-rc3
v2.6.21-rc4
v2.6.21-rc5
v2.6.21-rc6
v2.6.21-rc7
v2.6.22
v2.6.22-rc1
v2.6.22-rc2
v2.6.22-rc3
v2.6.22-rc4
v2.6.22-rc5
v2.6.22-rc6
v2.6.22-rc7
v2.6.23
v2.6.23-rc1
v2.6.23-rc2
v2.6.23-rc3
v2.6.23-rc4
v2.6.23-rc5
v2.6.23-rc6
v2.6.23-rc7
v2.6.23-rc8
v2.6.23-rc9
v2.6.24
v2.6.24-rc1
v2.6.24-rc2
v2.6.24-rc3
v2.6.24-rc4
v2.6.24-rc5
v2.6.24-rc6
v2.6.24-rc7
v2.6.24-rc8
v2.6.25
v2.6.25-rc1
v2.6.25-rc2
v2.6.25-rc3
v2.6.25-rc4
v2.6.25-rc5
v2.6.25-rc6
v2.6.25-rc7
v2.6.25-rc8
v2.6.25-rc9
v2.6.26
v2.6.26-rc1
v2.6.26-rc2
v2.6.26-rc3
v2.6.26-rc4
v2.6.26-rc5
v2.6.26-rc6
v2.6.26-rc7
v2.6.26-rc8
v2.6.26-rc9
v2.6.27
v2.6.27-rc1
v2.6.27-rc2
v2.6.27-rc3
v2.6.27-rc4
v2.6.27-rc5
v2.6.27-rc6
v2.6.27-rc7
v2.6.27-rc8
v2.6.27-rc9
v2.6.28
v2.6.28-rc1
v2.6.28-rc2
v2.6.28-rc3
v2.6.28-rc4
v2.6.28-rc5
v2.6.28-rc6
v2.6.28-rc7
v2.6.28-rc8
v2.6.28-rc9
v2.6.29
v2.6.29-rc1
v2.6.29-rc2
v2.6.29-rc3
v2.6.29-rc4
v2.6.29-rc5
v2.6.29-rc6
v2.6.29-rc7
v2.6.29-rc8
v2.6.30
v2.6.30-rc1
v2.6.30-rc2
v2.6.30-rc3
v2.6.30-rc4
v2.6.30-rc5
v2.6.30-rc6
v2.6.30-rc7
v2.6.30-rc8
v2.6.31
v2.6.31-rc1
v2.6.31-rc2
v2.6.31-rc3
v2.6.31-rc4
v2.6.31-rc5
v2.6.31-rc6
v2.6.31-rc7
v2.6.31-rc8
v2.6.31-rc9
v2.6.32
v2.6.32-rc1
v2.6.32-rc2
v2.6.32-rc3
v2.6.32-rc4
v2.6.32-rc5
v2.6.32-rc6
v2.6.32-rc7
v2.6.32-rc8
v2.6.33
v2.6.33-rc1
v2.6.33-rc2
v2.6.33-rc3
v2.6.33-rc4
v2.6.33-rc5
v2.6.33-rc6
v2.6.33-rc7
v2.6.33-rc8
v2.6.34
v2.6.34-rc1
v2.6.34-rc2
v2.6.34-rc3
v2.6.34-rc4
v2.6.34-rc5
v2.6.34-rc6
v2.6.34-rc7
v2.6.35
v2.6.35-rc1
v2.6.35-rc2
v2.6.35-rc3
v2.6.35-rc4
v2.6.35-rc5
v2.6.35-rc6
v2.6.36
v2.6.36-rc1
v2.6.36-rc2
v2.6.36-rc3
v2.6.36-rc4
v2.6.36-rc5
v2.6.36-rc6
v2.6.36-rc7
v2.6.36-rc8
v2.6.37
v2.6.37-rc1
v2.6.37-rc2
v2.6.37-rc3
v2.6.37-rc4
v2.6.37-rc5
v2.6.37-rc6
v2.6.37-rc7
v2.6.37-rc8
v2.6.38
v2.6.38-rc1
v2.6.38-rc2
v2.6.38-rc3
v2.6.38-rc4
v2.6.38-rc5
v2.6.38-rc6
v2.6.38-rc7
v2.6.38-rc8
v2.6.39
v2.6.39-rc1
v2.6.39-rc2
v2.6.39-rc3
v2.6.39-rc4
v2.6.39-rc5
v2.6.39-rc6
v2.6.39-rc7
v3.*
v3.0
v3.0-rc1
v3.0-rc2
v3.0-rc3
v3.0-rc4
v3.0-rc5
v3.0-rc6
v3.0-rc7
v3.1
v3.1-rc1
v3.1-rc10
v3.1-rc2
v3.1-rc3
v3.1-rc4
v3.1-rc5
v3.1-rc6
v3.1-rc7
v3.1-rc8
v3.1-rc9
v3.10
v3.10-rc1
v3.10-rc2
v3.10-rc3
v3.10-rc4
v3.10-rc5
v3.10-rc6
v3.10-rc7
v3.11
v3.11-rc1
v3.11-rc2
v3.11-rc3
v3.11-rc4
v3.11-rc5
v3.11-rc6
v3.11-rc7
v3.12
v3.12-rc1
v3.12-rc2
v3.12-rc3
v3.12-rc4
v3.12-rc5
v3.12-rc6
v3.12-rc7
v3.13
v3.13-rc1
v3.13-rc2
v3.13-rc3
v3.13-rc4
v3.13-rc5
v3.13-rc6
v3.13-rc7
v3.13-rc8
v3.14
v3.14-rc1
v3.14-rc2
v3.14-rc3
v3.14-rc4
v3.14-rc5
v3.14-rc6
v3.14-rc7
v3.14-rc8
v3.15
v3.15-rc1
v3.15-rc2
v3.15-rc3
v3.15-rc4
v3.15-rc5
v3.15-rc6
v3.15-rc7
v3.15-rc8
v3.16
v3.16-rc1
v3.16-rc2
v3.16-rc3
v3.16-rc4
v3.16-rc5
v3.16-rc6
v3.16-rc7
v3.17
v3.17-rc1
v3.17-rc2
v3.17-rc3
v3.17-rc4
v3.17-rc5
v3.17-rc6
v3.17-rc7
v3.18
v3.18-rc1
v3.18-rc2
v3.18-rc3
v3.18-rc4
v3.18-rc5
v3.18-rc6
v3.18-rc7
v3.19
v3.19-rc1
v3.19-rc2
v3.19-rc3
v3.19-rc4
v3.19-rc5
v3.19-rc6
v3.19-rc7
v3.2
v3.2-rc1
v3.2-rc2
v3.2-rc3
v3.2-rc4
v3.2-rc5
v3.2-rc6
v3.2-rc7
v3.3
v3.3-rc1
v3.3-rc2
v3.3-rc3
v3.3-rc4
v3.3-rc5
v3.3-rc6
v3.3-rc7
v3.4
v3.4-rc1
v3.4-rc2
v3.4-rc3
v3.4-rc4
v3.4-rc5
v3.4-rc6
v3.4-rc7
v3.5
v3.5-rc1
v3.5-rc2
v3.5-rc3
v3.5-rc4
v3.5-rc5
v3.5-rc6
v3.5-rc7
v3.6
v3.6-rc1
v3.6-rc2
v3.6-rc3
v3.6-rc4
v3.6-rc5
v3.6-rc6
v3.6-rc7
v3.7
v3.7-rc1
v3.7-rc2
v3.7-rc3
v3.7-rc4
v3.7-rc5
v3.7-rc6
v3.7-rc7
v3.7-rc8
v3.8
v3.8-rc1
v3.8-rc2
v3.8-rc3
v3.8-rc4
v3.8-rc5
v3.8-rc6
v3.8-rc7
v3.9
v3.9-rc1
v3.9-rc2
v3.9-rc3
v3.9-rc4
v3.9-rc5
v3.9-rc6
v3.9-rc7
v3.9-rc8
v4.*
v4.0
v4.0-rc1
v4.0-rc2
v4.0-rc3
v4.0-rc4
v4.0-rc5
v4.0-rc6
v4.0-rc7
v4.1
v4.1-rc1
v4.1-rc2
v4.1-rc3
v4.1-rc4
v4.1-rc5
v4.1-rc6
v4.1-rc7
v4.1-rc8
v4.10
v4.10-rc1
v4.10-rc2
v4.10-rc3
v4.10-rc4
v4.10-rc5
v4.10-rc6
v4.10-rc7
v4.10-rc8
v4.11
v4.11-rc1
v4.11-rc2
v4.11-rc3
v4.11-rc4
v4.11-rc5
v4.11-rc6
v4.11-rc7
v4.11-rc8
v4.12
v4.12-rc1
v4.12-rc2
v4.12-rc3
v4.12-rc4
v4.12-rc5
v4.12-rc6
v4.12-rc7
v4.13
v4.13-rc1
v4.13-rc2
v4.13-rc3
v4.13-rc4
v4.13-rc5
v4.13-rc6
v4.13-rc7
v4.14
v4.14-rc1
v4.14-rc2
v4.14-rc3
v4.14-rc4
v4.14-rc5
v4.14-rc6
v4.14-rc7
v4.14-rc8
v4.14.1
v4.14.10
v4.14.11
v4.14.12
v4.14.13
v4.14.14
v4.14.15
v4.14.16
v4.14.17
v4.14.18
v4.14.19
v4.14.2
v4.14.20
v4.14.21
v4.14.22
v4.14.23
v4.14.24
v4.14.25
v4.14.26
v4.14.27
v4.14.28
v4.14.29
v4.14.3
v4.14.30
v4.14.4
v4.14.5
v4.14.6
v4.14.7
v4.14.8
v4.14.9
v4.15
v4.15-rc1
v4.15-rc2
v4.15-rc3
v4.15-rc4
v4.15-rc5
v4.15-rc6
v4.15-rc7
v4.15-rc8
v4.15-rc9
v4.15.1
v4.15.10
v4.15.11
v4.15.12
v4.15.13
v4.15.2
v4.15.3
v4.15.4
v4.15.5
v4.15.6
v4.15.7
v4.15.8
v4.15.9
v4.2
v4.2-rc1
v4.2-rc2
v4.2-rc3
v4.2-rc4
v4.2-rc5
v4.2-rc6
v4.2-rc7
v4.2-rc8
v4.3
v4.3-rc1
v4.3-rc2
v4.3-rc3
v4.3-rc4
v4.3-rc5
v4.3-rc6
v4.3-rc7
v4.4
v4.4-rc1
v4.4-rc2
v4.4-rc3
v4.4-rc4
v4.4-rc5
v4.4-rc6
v4.4-rc7
v4.4-rc8
v4.4.1
v4.4.10
v4.4.100
v4.4.101
v4.4.102
v4.4.103
v4.4.104
v4.4.105
v4.4.106
v4.4.107
v4.4.108
v4.4.109
v4.4.11
v4.4.110
v4.4.111
v4.4.112
v4.4.113
v4.4.114
v4.4.115
v4.4.116
v4.4.117
v4.4.118
v4.4.119
v4.4.12
v4.4.120
v4.4.121
v4.4.122
v4.4.123
v4.4.124
v4.4.13
v4.4.14
v4.4.15
v4.4.16
v4.4.17
v4.4.18
v4.4.19
v4.4.2
v4.4.20
v4.4.21
v4.4.22
v4.4.23
v4.4.24
v4.4.25
v4.4.26
v4.4.27
v4.4.28
v4.4.29
v4.4.3
v4.4.30
v4.4.31
v4.4.32
v4.4.33
v4.4.34
v4.4.35
v4.4.36
v4.4.37
v4.4.38
v4.4.39
v4.4.4
v4.4.40
v4.4.41
v4.4.42
v4.4.43
v4.4.44
v4.4.45
v4.4.46
v4.4.47
v4.4.48
v4.4.49
v4.4.5
v4.4.50
v4.4.51
v4.4.52
v4.4.53
v4.4.54
v4.4.55
v4.4.56
v4.4.57
v4.4.58
v4.4.59
v4.4.6
v4.4.60
v4.4.61
v4.4.62
v4.4.63
v4.4.64
v4.4.65
v4.4.66
v4.4.67
v4.4.68
v4.4.69
v4.4.7
v4.4.70
v4.4.71
v4.4.72
v4.4.73
v4.4.74
v4.4.75
v4.4.76
v4.4.77
v4.4.78
v4.4.79
v4.4.8
v4.4.80
v4.4.81
v4.4.82
v4.4.83
v4.4.84
v4.4.85
v4.4.86
v4.4.87
v4.4.88
v4.4.89
v4.4.9
v4.4.90
v4.4.91
v4.4.92
v4.4.93
v4.4.94
v4.4.95
v4.4.96
v4.4.97
v4.4.98
v4.4.99
v4.5
v4.5-rc1
v4.5-rc2
v4.5-rc3
v4.5-rc4
v4.5-rc5
v4.5-rc6
v4.5-rc7
v4.6
v4.6-rc1
v4.6-rc2
v4.6-rc3
v4.6-rc4
v4.6-rc5
v4.6-rc6
v4.6-rc7
v4.7
v4.7-rc1
v4.7-rc2
v4.7-rc3
v4.7-rc4
v4.7-rc5
v4.7-rc6
v4.7-rc7
v4.8
v4.8-rc1
v4.8-rc2
v4.8-rc3
v4.8-rc4
v4.8-rc5
v4.8-rc6
v4.8-rc7
v4.8-rc8
v4.9
v4.9-rc1
v4.9-rc2
v4.9-rc3
v4.9-rc4
v4.9-rc5
v4.9-rc6
v4.9-rc7
v4.9-rc8
v4.9.1
v4.9.10
v4.9.11
v4.9.12
v4.9.13
v4.9.14
v4.9.15
v4.9.16
v4.9.17
v4.9.18
v4.9.19
v4.9.2
v4.9.20
v4.9.21
v4.9.22
v4.9.23
v4.9.24
v4.9.25
v4.9.26
v4.9.27
v4.9.28
v4.9.29
v4.9.3
v4.9.30
v4.9.31
v4.9.32
v4.9.33
v4.9.34
v4.9.35
v4.9.36
v4.9.37
v4.9.38
v4.9.39
v4.9.4
v4.9.40
v4.9.41
v4.9.42
v4.9.43
v4.9.44
v4.9.45
v4.9.46
v4.9.47
v4.9.48
v4.9.49
v4.9.5
v4.9.50
v4.9.51
v4.9.52
v4.9.53
v4.9.54
v4.9.55
v4.9.56
v4.9.57
v4.9.58
v4.9.59
v4.9.6
v4.9.60
v4.9.61
v4.9.62
v4.9.63
v4.9.64
v4.9.65
v4.9.66
v4.9.67
v4.9.68
v4.9.69
v4.9.7
v4.9.70
v4.9.71
v4.9.72
v4.9.73
v4.9.74
v4.9.75
v4.9.76
v4.9.77
v4.9.78
v4.9.79
v4.9.8
v4.9.80
v4.9.81
v4.9.82
v4.9.83
v4.9.84
v4.9.85
v4.9.86
v4.9.87
v4.9.88
v4.9.89
v4.9.9
v4.9.90

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74599.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.16.0
Fixed
5.10.266
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.217
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.6.153
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.105
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.45
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74599.json"