CVE-2026-46035
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_alloc: return NULL early from alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() in NMI on UP On UP kernels (!CONFIG_SMP), spin_trylock() is a no-op that unconditionally succeeds even when the lock is already held. As a result, alloc_frozen_pages_nolock() called from NMI context can re-enter rmqueue() and acquire the zone lock that the interrupted context is already holding, corrupting the freelists. With CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK on UP, the following BUG is triggered with the slub_kunit test module: BUG: spinlock trylock failure on UP on CPU#0, kunit_try_catch/243 [...] Call Trace: <NMI> dump_stack_lvl+0x3f/0x60 do_raw_spin_trylock+0x41/0x50 _raw_spin_trylock+0x24/0x50 rmqueue.isra.0+0x2a9/0xa70 get_page_from_freelist+0xeb/0x450 alloc_frozen_pages_nolock_noprof+0x111/0x1e0 allocate_slab+0x42a/0x500 ___slab_alloc+0xa7/0x4c0 kmalloc_nolock_noprof+0x164/0x310 [...] </NMI> Fix this by returning NULL early when invoked from NMI on a UP kernel.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.18
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.18.27,
7.0.4,
7.1-rc2
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2026-46035 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b4ed8bef30bba4f559c8d835e2dd20c48cf8a4
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/620b46ed6ae17c8438d889c8c0cfddab36a1476c
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6d57efeaae3f3b3656514f600eac96be713d90e
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2026-46035?
CVE-2026-46035 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.18 onward and has been patched in 6.18.27, 7.0.4 and 7.1-rc2. CVE-2026-46035 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-46035?
Yes — CVE-2026-46035 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.18.27, 7.0.4 and 7.1-rc2. If you are running Linux kernel 6.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2026-46035 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2026-46035 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.