CVE-2026-90201

net: page_pool: fix UAF in __page_pool_release_netmem_dma on xa_cmpxchg race

CVE-2026-90201 is fixed in 74 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90201, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
IMPORTANT
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
10th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: page_pool: fix UAF in __page_pool_release_netmem_dma on xa_cmpxchg race This bug was discovered while testing the hns3 driver under channel reconfiguration (`ethtool -L` / `ethtool -G`) with iperf3 traffic on arm64. The race is intermittently triggered when page_pool_destroy() runs page_pool_scrub() concurrently with page return via page_pool_put_netmem() on a different CPU. A WARN in page_pool_clear_pp_info() surfaced the dangling DMA index bits left by the cmpxchg loser, which led to the investigation. page_pool_scrub() iterates pool->dma_mapped via xa_for_each() with no page ref held. __page_pool_release_netmem_dma() currently reads and writes netmem fields (dma_addr, DMA index bits in pp_magic) after xa_cmpxchg() returns. The unref path calls put_page() unconditionally regardless of the cmpxchg outcome; when it loses the cmpxchg, it still frees the page before the scrub winner finishes these netmem accesses, so scrub touches a freed page -- a Use-After-Free. Fix this by splitting the DMA release into two functions: 1. __page_pool_unmap_netmem_dma() caches dma_addr before xa_cmpxchg(), does the cmpxchg to remove the DMA mapping, and calls dma_unmap on the cached address. It never touches netmem fields after the cmpxchg, making it safe for the scrub path which holds no page ref. 2. __page_pool_release_netmem_dma() wraps the above and additionally clears dma_addr and DMA index bits in netmem fields. This is safe only when the caller holds a page ref, so it is used by the return path (page_pool_return_netmem). The scrub path calls __page_pool_unmap_netmem_dma() directly; the return path calls __page_pool_release_netmem_dma().

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.12.110-135.201 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.18.54-121.166 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el9uek ELSA-2026-500374 Oct 7, 2026
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kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90201 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90201 Sep 23, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90201 Sep 23, 2026
microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
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python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3192 Nov 7, 2026

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