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        {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.18.53",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
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      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: don\u0027t schedule deferred kernel page table freeing while booting\n\nBooting with a boot-time function tracer and a filter, for example\n\n  ftrace=function ftrace_filter=pud_free_pmd_page\n\npanics on 7.3-rc4 as soon as the tracer starts:\n\n  [   23.531178] Starting tracer \u0027function\u0027\n  [   23.675800] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000038: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n  [   23.819917] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001c0-0x00000000000001c7]\n  [   23.964025] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 7.3.0-rc4-fe2ec83746e5-with-fixes-v2+ #195 PREEMPT(undef)\n  [   24.252248] RIP: 0010:__queue_work+0xab/0xf00\n  [   25.981629] Call Trace:\n  [   26.125727]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  [   26.413912]  ? pagetable_free_kernel+0x20/0x120\n  [   26.990283]  queue_work_on+0x97/0xf0\n  [   27.134382]  __cpa_collapse_large_pages+0x501/0x6f0\n  [   27.566662]  cpa_flush+0x394/0x620\n  [   27.998953]  change_page_attr_set_clr+0x321/0x4a0\n  [   29.151729]  set_memory_rox+0xa2/0xf0\n  [   29.584018]  create_trampoline+0x431/0x6f0\n  ...\n  [   44.343347] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!\n\nThe boot-time tracer is started from early_trace_init(), which runs\nbefore workqueue_init_early().  Making its trampoline read-only splits a\nlarge page, and CPA collapses it again right away.  The split table has\nbeen a kernel page table since commit 9e4a3ec3411b\n(\"x86/mm/pat: Allocate split page tables as kernel page tables\"), so the\ncollapse frees it through pagetable_free_kernel(), which queues work on\nsystem_percpu_wq - still NULL at that point.  That commit is correct in\nitself; it only lets CPA reach pagetable_free_kernel() before the\nworkqueue that function relies on exists.\n\nKeep putting the table on the list, but don\u0027t schedule the work while\nthe system is still booting.  A core_initcall schedules it once to free\nwhatever was queued by then."
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-26T14:52:01.450Z",
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        "shortName": "Linux"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a25ca170c12a9328f6fcf4410713beb516b01c0"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df6c704a08bc0925d5db047b0a6221f962bda4d9"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb552b0bee70c24c092720028ab4620f5eb2646"
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    "cveId": "CVE-2026-99093",
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    "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.390Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-10-26T14:52:01.450Z",
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