CVE-2026-64131
kernel: mm/memory: fix spurious warning when unmapping device-private/exclusive pages
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 19, 2026
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's memory management subsystem. The unmapping process for device-private and exclusive memory pages incorrectly checks if a virtual memory area (VMA) is anonymous. This can lead to spurious warnings during process teardown when a folio is part of a private filebacked mapping, even though the folio itself is anonymous. This issue does not directly lead to a security vulnerability but indicates an underlying logic error in memory handling.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-480 · Use of Incorrect Operator