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CVE-2026-89755: mm/migrate_device: clear stale mapping after freeing swapcache

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 34a00895d032a414830d41106a09329ae6c251b6, 4fa91f7bbc4135240b67daac03fc17d9e180a331, 8ffedc6573a665cdc31ebe47eae7b32b78d0df83; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 34a00895d032a414830d41106a09329ae6c251b6, 4fa91f7bbc4135240b67daac03fc17d9e180a331, 8ffedc6573a665cdc31ebe47eae7b32b78d0df83; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/migrate_device: clear stale mapping after freeing swapcache __migrate_device_pages() reads the folio mapping before calling folio_free_swap(). When folio_free_swap() succeeds, the folio is removed from the swap cache, but the saved mapping still points to swap_space. Passing the stale mapping to folio_migrate_mapping() makes it use the mapped-folio path for a folio that is no longer in swapcache. It can then operate on swap_space.i_pages with invalid reference accounting, eventually triggering a folio reference count BUG. After a successful split, nr still contains the number of pages in the original large folio, although each resulting page is now a separate order-0 folio. Reset nr to 1 so each split folio is processed separately, including its own swapcache removal and mapping lookup. Refresh the saved mapping after folio_free_swap() so the current folio state is used during migration.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 21, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile
CWE
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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7.8
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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 6.6affected
    • df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1 and later · before 92db780dd644590c751246187e1229d5ac2e5544affected · git
    • df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1 and later · before 4fa91f7bbc4135240b67daac03fc17d9e180a331affected · git
    • df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1 and later · before 8ffedc6573a665cdc31ebe47eae7b32b78d0df83affected · git
    • df263d9a7dffee94ca5391120ee3b0587efa07f1 and later · before 34a00895d032a414830d41106a09329ae6c251b6affected · git
    • before 6.6not affected · semver
    • 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.12.111 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 7.2.4 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
    • 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.111-1~deb12u16.12.111-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.111-16.12.111-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.6-17.2.6-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-89753Sep 11, 2026 · mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink_lruvec()
    0Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-89754Sep 11, 2026 · mm/pagewalk: fix stale walk->action escaping walk_pmd_range()
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-89756Sep 11, 2026 · mm/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate_pages_batch()
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux34a00895d032a414830d41106a09329ae6c251b6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4fa91f7bbc4135240b67daac03fc17d9e180a331Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8ffedc6573a665cdc31ebe47eae7b32b78d0df83Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux92db780dd644590c751246187e1229d5ac2e5544Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.150.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.159.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.12.111-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.111-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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