Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53108

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135188

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53108

CWE-ID: CWE-362

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in powerpc PMD huge page handling when unmapping memory during PMD page migration or device-private THP entry handling. A local user can trigger concurrent move_pages() and munmap() operations to cause a denial of service.

The issue can lead to a kernel BUG in pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full() on powerpc/64s systems.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-28.28, 7.0.0-28.28.1, 7.0.0-1003.4, 7.0.0-1008.8
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1009.9
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/829367e55012c053738ebe7db20c4a90d6609ece
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcbf045d6c778e82b47a35fc8728387708e9a3d

• Race condition in Linux kernel mm book3s64
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-oracle-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0