# CVE-2026-93230: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: initialize gigantic bootmem hugepage... CVE-2026-93230 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93230, released September 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93230 - Priority: High - CVSS: n/a (important) - EPSS: 0.0017 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Sep 24, 2026 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: initialize gigantic bootmem hugepage struct pages earlier Gigantic bootmem HugeTLB pages are currently initialized from hugetlb_init(), but page_alloc_init_late() runs earlier and walks pageblocks to determine zone contiguity. If a bootmem HugeTLB region is marked noinit, set_zone_contiguous() can observe still-uninitialized struct pages through __pageblock_pfn_to_page(). This may not trigger an immediate failure, but it can make set_zone_contiguous() compute the wrong zone contiguity state. If extra poisoned-page checks are added in this path, such as PF_POISONED_CHECK() in page_zone_id(), it can also trigger an early boot panic. Initialize gigantic bootmem HugeTLB struct pages from page_alloc_init_late(), before zone contiguity is evaluated, so later page allocator setup only sees valid struct page state. This also makes the initialization order more natural, as struct pages should be initialized before later code inspects them. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | bpftool6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | bpftool6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-6.18.51-120.162 amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-devel amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-headers amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-modules-extra amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-modules-extra-common amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools-devel amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.115-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93230](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-93230.md) | Sep 24, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 7.2.6-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93230](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-93230.md) | Sep 24, 2026 | | Linux | microvm-kernel6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | perf6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | perf6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | python3-perf6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | python3-perf6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-3187](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-3187.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-09T01:18:40Z UTC. 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