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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-72027

CVE-2026-72027

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Open
TLP:CLEAR

mm/compaction: handle free_pages_prepare() properly in compaction_free()

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/compaction: handle free_pages_prepare() properly in compaction_free() free_pages_prepare() can fail but compaction_free() does not handle the failure case. Failed pages should not be added back to cc->freepages for future use, since they can be either PageHWPoison or free_page_is_bad() and might cause data corruption.

Details

Confidence
90%
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Last Modified
Aug 15, 2026
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