CVE-2026-23211
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic
commit 8b47299a411a ("mm, swap: mark swap address space ro and add context
debug check") made the swap address space read-only. It may lead to
kernel panic if arch_prepare_to_swap returns a failure under heavy memory
pressure as follows,
el1_abort+0x40/0x64
el1h_64_sync_handler+0x48/0xcc
el1h_64_sync+0x84/0x88
errseq_set+0x4c/0xb8 (P)
__filemap_set_wb_err+0x20/0xd0
shrink_f…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux8b47299a411a178d572aaac31ff7ab33a8bd27e2 — b0020cbd26380177b9fb8b7e75a8f7bdba79db20+2
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2026-23211: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic commit 8b47299a411a ("mm, swa↗2026-02-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-m8v3-m8mg-rrc7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic
commit 8b47299a411a ("mm, s↗2026-02-18