In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
LoongArch: Add DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END definition
get_free_mem_region() and mhp_get_pluggable_range() bound their search
to DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END. LoongArch does not define it, so the fallback
in include/linux/mm.h applies: under CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP it is
(1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS) - 1, a compile-time constant that does not
adapt to the CPU's physical address space bits (cpu_pabits, probed from
CPUCFG1).
The vmemmap window only covers physical space below 2^(cpu_pabits+1)
(i.e. VMEMMAP_SIZE), so on CPUs with fewer physical address bits than
MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS the fallback allows get_free_mem_region() to return
a ZONE_DEVICE region outside the vmemmap window; vmemmap_populate() then
wraps the memmap range around and maps it into low memory, silently
corrupting the page tables. The same search also picked the top-of-
address-space region that crashed memmap_init_zone_device() with amdkfd
on Loongson-3C6000 in 6.16 [1]; the commit 2969b42c8f99 ("LoongArch/mm:
align vmemmap to maximal folio size") keeps that region in bounds on
current Loongson-3C6000 configs, but CPUs with smaller cpu_pabits (e.g.
the Loongson-2K series) are still affected.
Define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END as the vmemmap-covered physical range,
(1ULL << (cpu_pabits + 1)) - 1, capped at (1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS) - 1
under CONFIG_SPARSEMEM, similar to the commit f3336b48cf9d ("riscv: mm:
Define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END").
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20250814032153.227285-1-jeffbai@aosc.io/
LoongArch: Add DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END definition
get_free_mem_region() and mhp_get_pluggable_range() bound their search
to DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END. LoongArch does not define it, so the fallback
in include/linux/mm.h applies: under CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP it is
(1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS) - 1, a compile-time constant that does not
adapt to the CPU's physical address space bits (cpu_pabits, probed from
CPUCFG1).
The vmemmap window only covers physical space below 2^(cpu_pabits+1)
(i.e. VMEMMAP_SIZE), so on CPUs with fewer physical address bits than
MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS the fallback allows get_free_mem_region() to return
a ZONE_DEVICE region outside the vmemmap window; vmemmap_populate() then
wraps the memmap range around and maps it into low memory, silently
corrupting the page tables. The same search also picked the top-of-
address-space region that crashed memmap_init_zone_device() with amdkfd
on Loongson-3C6000 in 6.16 [1]; the commit 2969b42c8f99 ("LoongArch/mm:
align vmemmap to maximal folio size") keeps that region in bounds on
current Loongson-3C6000 configs, but CPUs with smaller cpu_pabits (e.g.
the Loongson-2K series) are still affected.
Define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END as the vmemmap-covered physical range,
(1ULL << (cpu_pabits + 1)) - 1, capped at (1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS) - 1
under CONFIG_SPARSEMEM, similar to the commit f3336b48cf9d ("riscv: mm:
Define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END").
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20250814032153.227285-1-jeffbai@aosc.io/
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Add DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END definition get_free_mem_region() and mhp_get_pluggable_range() bound their search to DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END. LoongArch does not define it, so the fallback in include/linux/mm.h applies: under CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP it is (1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS) - 1, a compile-time constant that does not adapt to the CPU's physical address space bits (cpu_pabits, probed from CPUCFG1). The vmemmap window only covers physical space below 2^(cpu_pabits+1) (i.e. VMEMMAP_SIZE), so on CPUs with fewer physical address bits than MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS the fallback allows get_free_mem_region() to return a ZONE_DEVICE region outside the vmemmap window; vmemmap_populate() then wraps the memmap range around and maps it into low memory, silently corrupting the page tables. The same search also picked the top-of- address-space region that crashed memmap_init_zone_device() with amdkfd on Loongson-3C6000 in 6.16 [1]; the commit 2969b42c8f99 ("LoongArch/mm: align vmemmap to maximal folio size") keeps that region in bounds on current Loongson-3C6000 configs, but CPUs with smaller cpu_pabits (e.g. the Loongson-2K series) are still affected. Define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END as the vmemmap-covered physical range, (1ULL << (cpu_pabits + 1)) - 1, capped at (1ULL << MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS) - 1 under CONFIG_SPARSEMEM, similar to the commit f3336b48cf9d ("riscv: mm: Define DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END"). [1] https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20250814032153.227285-1-jeffbai@aosc.io/ | |
| Title | LoongArch: Add DIRECT_MAP_PHYSMEM_END definition | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-24T15:33:51.702Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.095Z
Link: CVE-2026-93237
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-24T16:17:19.447
Modified: 2026-09-24T16:17:19.447
Link: CVE-2026-93237
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