{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-97942", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:18:58.204Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:22:54.188Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-25T10:22:54.188Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-25T10:22:54.188Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/alternatives: Exclude text poking against change_page_attr()\n\nFrom time to time, the following BUG can be observed\nin the x86 alternatives patching code [0]:\n\n > kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2576!\n > Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n > CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 355 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 7.1.3-1-default #1 PREEMPT(full) openSUSE Tumbleweed 8c1795b03ec64f997e57a8ad38b1161e3b98da64\n > Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\n > RIP: 0010:__text_poke+0x2aa/0x450\n > Call Trace:\n > <TASK>\n > smp_text_poke_batch_finish+0x2a7/0x320\n > __static_call_transform+0xb7/0x220\n > arch_static_call_transform+0x5b/0xb0\n > __static_call_init+0xe9/0x270\n > static_call_module_notify+0x11f/0x150\n > notifier_call_chain+0x61/0xe0\n > blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust+0x63/0xc0\n > load_module+0x1c92/0x20c0\n > init_module_from_file+0xd8/0x140\n > idempotent_init_module+0x100/0x2f0\n > __x64_sys_finit_module+0x71/0xe0\n > do_syscall_64+0xe1/0x610\n > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nwhich matches the following BUG_ON() in alternative.c:\n\n\t/*\n\t * If something went wrong, crash and burn since recovery paths are not\n\t * implemented.\n\t */\n\tBUG_ON(!pages[0] || (cross_page_boundary && !pages[1]));\n\nThis can happen if vmalloc_to_page() fails, for any reason. Such can happen\nif text poking races with CPA, which can possibly result in the collapsing\nof page tables (or breaking of PMD hugepages). It is not a problem for most\nusers of vmalloc_to_page() (they solely own the vmalloc'd range) but, when\nCONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX=y, various modules own a single execmem vmalloc\nrange, and can call set_memory_*() in parallel on it. This can happen to\nrace against __text_poke and cause havoc in vmalloc_to_page().\n\nFix it by excluding against CPA using the init_mm mmap read lock.\n\n[ dhansen: Fix up SoB ordering. The actual code flow here was:\n\t Pedro=>Lorenzo=>Mike=>Me which is reflected in the SoB chain\n\t now. 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