CVE-2026-53189

CVE-2026-53189CVE-2026-53189

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put() __split_huge_pmd_locked() updates the file/shmem RSS counter after dropping the PMD mapping's folio reference. If folio_put() drops the last reference, mm_counter_file() can later read freed folio state via folio_test_swapbacked(). Move the counter update before folio_put().

Scoring

Last modified2026-06-25
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.