CVE-2026-63953

mm/migrate_device: fix pgtable leak in migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page

published July 19, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/migrate_device: fix pgtable leak in migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page

When migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page() jumps to unlock_abort due

to a PMD check failure, the pgtable allocated earlier via

pte_alloc_one() is never freed, causing a memory leak.

Added free_abort label to release the pgtable in error path.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00198 · 9.0th percentile
Published
2026-07-19T14:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:55Z
    mm/migrate_device: fix pgtable leak in migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page
    cvelistv5