CVE-2026-90391

lib/test_hmm: fail dmirror_fault() when the mirrored mm is gone

CVE-2026-90391 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90391, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
11th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/test_hmm: fail dmirror_fault() when the mirrored mm is gone dmirror_fault() is called from the dmirror_read() and dmirror_write() retry loops after dmirror_do_read() or dmirror_do_write() finds a missing device page table entry. If the mirrored mm has already exited, mmget_not_zero() fails. The current code returns 0 in that case, which tells the caller that faulting succeeded even though no page was faulted and no device page table entry was installed. The caller then retries the same address, hits -ENOENT again, and can loop forever without making progress. Return -EFAULT instead, so the ioctl fails when the mirrored mm is no longer faultable.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.190-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90391 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90391 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90391 Sep 23, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90391 Sep 23, 2026

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