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CVE-2026-74481High confidence

mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend

Linux · Linux

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Patch only the product branches with a verified fix

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 252 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Fix availability varies by product
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Published severityHighOperational priority:Medium, lowered one band.downgradedsince 17 Aug 2026

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
  • EPSS is 0.13% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

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Verification

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Mitigation target: As exposure requiresRemediation target: Within 365 days

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Cross-source reconciliation

Remediation availability differs by product scope

Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 252 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

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Distribution releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Debian trixietrixie · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.12.105-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian bookwormbookworm · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.1.187-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian bookwormbookworm · sourcelinux-6.12Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.12.107-1~deb12u1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian forkyforky · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.7.1.8-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian sidsid · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.7.1.8-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinuxAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-awsAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azureAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-fdeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-nvidiaAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gcpAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gkeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gkeopAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-ibmAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-lowlatencyAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidiaAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidia-lowlatencyAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidia-tegraAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oem-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oracleAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspiAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-riscvAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-xilinxAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
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2 current
CVE-2026-74481 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 11 · interimSUSE Product Security TeamCVE-2026-74481
225 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • kernel-default-extra as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • cluster-md-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7
  • dlm-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7
  • gfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7
  • kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7
  • kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7
  • ocfs2-kmp-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7
  • kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0
  • kernel-source as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0
  • kernel-default as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.1
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend During PM freeze (e.g. S3 suspend or S4 hibernation), device drivers like virtio_balloon reset their underlying virtio devices and delete their virtqueues via vdev->config->del_vqs(). However, page reporting work (page_reporting_process) was scheduled on the global system_wq. Because system_wq lacks the WQ_FREEZABLE flag, the PM freezer skips it, leaving page_reporting_process active during suspend. If pages are freed into the buddy allocator while suspending (for example, when core MM invokes the balloon shrinker during S4 hibernation image saving), page reporting triggers virtballoon_free_page_report() on deleted virtqueues, resulting in a Use-After-Free / General Protection Fault: [ 196.795226] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xaa1436fe70dae6df: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 196.825967] Workqueue: events page_reporting_process [ 196.831038] RIP: 0010:virtqueue_add_split+0x233/0x4c0 [virtio_ring] [ 196.927073] virtballoon_free_page_report+0x3a/0xe0 [virtio_balloon] [ 196.946943] page_reporting_process+0x370/0x4f0 Fix this by switching page reporting work to system_freezable_wq. This ensures that the PM freezer pauses page_reporting_process before device drivers destroy their reporting virtqueues. Because the reporting worker is frozen, memory reclamation/freeing (e.g. via shrinker execution) can safely return pages to MM during freeze without triggering unfrozen reporting work on deleted virtqueues. This aligns with the driver's existing design. The comment in virtballoon_freeze() states: /* * The workqueue is already frozen by the PM core before this * function is called. */ Testing: I have verified these fixes using Google's virtualization infrastructure by running continuous suspend/resume iterations (40+ cycles) while churning memory using stress-ng (`stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 60% --timeout 1`) to constantly create free pages for the buddy allocator. We also set the `page_reporting_order` parameter to 0 to make the page reporting worker highly sensitive, forcing it to pick up any 4K free pages. This confirmed that the UAF crashes are no longer reproducible.
Remediation
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
CVE-2026-74481 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securitykernel: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend
232 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • kernel-64k-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's memory management, specifically within the page reporting mechanism. During system suspend or hibernation, the page reporting process could attempt to access memory that had already been freed by device drivers. This Use-After-Free vulnerability can lead to a General Protection Fault, causing a system crash and resulting in a denial of service.
Remediation
Fix deferred
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ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2026-59674

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend During PM freeze (e.g. S3 suspend or S4 hibernation), device drivers like virtio_balloon reset their underlying virtio devices and delete their virtqueues via vdev->config->del_vqs(). However, page reporting work (page_reporting_process) was scheduled on the global system_wq. Because system_wq lacks the WQ_FREEZABLE flag, the PM freezer skips it, leaving page_reporting_process active during suspend. If pages are freed into the buddy allocator while suspending (for example, when core MM invokes the balloon shrinker during S4 hibernation image saving), page reporting triggers virtballoon_free_page_report() on deleted virtqueues, resulting in a Use-After-Free / General Protection Fault: [ 196.795226] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xaa1436fe70dae6df: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 196.825967] Workqueue: events page_reporting_process [ 196.831038] RIP: 0010:virtqueue_add_split+0x233/0x4c0 [virtio_ring] [ 196.927073] virtballoon_free_page_report+0x3a/0xe0 [virtio_balloon] [ 196.946943] page_reporting_process+0x370/0x4f0 Fix this by switching page reporting work to system_freezable_wq. This ensures that the PM freezer pauses page_reporting_process before device drivers destroy their reporting virtqueues. Because the reporting worker is frozen, memory reclamation/freeing (e.g. via shrinker execution) can safely return pages to MM during freeze without triggering unfrozen reporting work on deleted virtqueues. This aligns with the driver's existing design. The comment in virtballoon_freeze() states: /* * The workqueue is already frozen by the PM core before this * function is called. */ Testing: I have verified these fixes using Google’s virtualization infrastructure by running continuous suspend/resume iterations (40+ cycles) while churning memory using stress-ng (`stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 60% --timeout 1`) to constantly create free pages for the buddy allocator. We also set the `page_reporting_order` parameter to 0 to make the page reporting worker highly sensitive, forcing it to pick up any 4K free pages. This confirmed that the UAF crashes are no longer reproducible.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
7.8 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionPatch only the product branches with a verified fix

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 252 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Fix availability varies by product
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend During PM freeze (e.g. S3 suspend or S4 hibernation), device drivers like virtio_balloon reset their underlying virtio devices and delete their virtqueues via vdev->config->del_vqs(). However, page reporting work (page_reporting_process) was scheduled on the global system_wq. Because system_wq lacks the WQ_FREEZABLE flag, the PM freezer skips it, leaving page_reporting_process active during suspend. If pages are freed into the buddy allocator while suspending (for example, when core MM invokes the balloon shrinker during S4 hibernation image saving), page reporting triggers virtballoon_free_page_report() on deleted virtqueues, resulting in a Use-After-Free / General Protection Fault: [ 196.795226] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xaa1436fe70dae6df: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 196.825967] Workqueue: events page_reporting_process [ 196.831038] RIP: 0010:virtqueue_add_split+0x233/0x4c0 [virtio_ring] [ 196.927073] virtballoon_free_page_report+0x3a/0xe0 [virtio_balloon] [ 196.946943] page_reporting_process+0x370/0x4f0 Fix this by switching page reporting work to system_freezable_wq. This ensures that the PM freezer pauses page_reporting_process before device drivers destroy their reporting virtqueues. Because the reporting worker is frozen, memory reclamation/freeing (e.g. via shrinker execution) can safely return pages to MM during freeze without triggering unfrozen reporting work on deleted virtqueues. This aligns with the driver's existing design. The comment in virtballoon_freeze() states: /* * The workqueue is already frozen by the PM core before this * function is called. */ Testing: I have verified these fixes using Google’s virtualization infrastructure by running continuous suspend/resume iterations (40+ cycles) while churning memory using stress-ng (`stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 60% --timeout 1`) to constantly create free pages for the buddy allocator. We also set the `page_reporting_order` parameter to 0 to make the page reporting worker highly sensitive, forcing it to pick up any 4K free pages. This confirmed that the UAF crashes are no longer reproducible.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend During PM freeze (e.g. S3 suspend or S4 hibernation), device drivers like virtio_balloon reset their underlying virtio devices and delete their virtqueues via vdev->config->del_vqs(). However, page reporting work (page_reporting_process) was scheduled on the global system_wq. Because system_wq lacks the WQ_FREEZABLE flag, the PM freezer skips it, leaving page_reporting_process active during suspend. If pages are freed into the buddy allocator while suspending (for example, when core MM invokes the balloon shrinker during S4 hibernation image saving), page reporting triggers virtballoon_free_page_report() on deleted virtqueues, resulting in a Use-After-Free / General Protection Fault: [ 196.795226] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xaa1436fe70dae6df: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 196.825967] Workqueue: events page_reporting_process [ 196.831038] RIP: 0010:virtqueue_add_split+0x233/0x4c0 [virtio_ring] [ 196.927073] virtballoon_free_page_report+0x3a/0xe0 [virtio_balloon] [ 196.946943] page_reporting_process+0x370/0x4f0 Fix this by switching page reporting work to system_freezable_wq. This ensures that the PM freezer pauses page_reporting_process before device drivers destroy their reporting virtqueues. Because the reporting worker is frozen, memory reclamation/freeing (e.g. via shrinker execution) can safely return pages to MM during freeze without triggering unfrozen reporting work on deleted virtqueues. This aligns with the driver's existing design. The comment in virtballoon_freeze() states: /* * The workqueue is already frozen by the PM core before this * function is called. */ Testing: I have verified these fixes using Google’s virtualization infrastructure by running continuous suspend/resume iterations (40+ cycles) while churning memory using stress-ng (`stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 60% --timeout 1`) to constantly create free pages for the buddy allocator. We also set the `page_reporting_order` parameter to 0 to make the page reporting worker highly sensitive, forcing it to pick up any 4K free pages. This confirmed that the UAF crashes are no longer reproducible.

Why

The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend During PM freeze (e.g. S3 suspend or S4 hibernation), device drivers like virtio_balloon reset their underlying virtio devices and delete their virtqueues via vdev->config->del_vqs(). However, page reporting work (page_reporting_process) was scheduled on the global system_wq. Because system_wq lacks the WQ_FREEZABLE flag, the PM freezer skips it, leaving page_reporting_process active during suspend. If pages are freed into the buddy allocator while suspending (for example, when core MM invokes the balloon shrinker during S4 hibernation image saving), page reporting triggers virtballoon_free_page_report() on deleted virtqueues, resulting in a Use-After-Free / General Protection Fault: [ 196.795226] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xaa1436fe70dae6df: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 196.825967] Workqueue: events page_reporting_process [ 196.831038] RIP: 0010:virtqueue_add_split+0x233/0x4c0 [virtio_ring] [ 196.927073] virtballoon_free_page_report+0x3a/0xe0 [virtio_balloon] [ 196.946943] page_reporting_process+0x370/0x4f0 Fix this by switching page reporting work to system_freezable_wq. This ensures that the PM freezer pauses page_reporting_process before device drivers destroy their reporting virtqueues. Because the reporting worker is frozen, memory reclamation/freeing (e.g. via shrinker execution) can safely return pages to MM during freeze without triggering unfrozen reporting work on deleted virtqueues. This aligns with the driver's existing design. The comment in virtballoon_freeze() states: /* * The workqueue is already frozen by the PM core before this * function is called. */ Testing: I have verified these fixes using Google’s virtualization infrastructure by running continuous suspend/resume iterations (40+ cycles) while churning memory using stress-ng (`stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 60% --timeout 1`) to constantly create free pages for the buddy allocator. We also set the `page_reporting_order` parameter to 0 to make the page reporting worker highly sensitive, forcing it to pick up any 4K free pages. This confirmed that the UAF crashes are no longer reproducible.

Why

The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
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No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
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None recorded

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Likely attack path
local access → vulnerable operation → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration.
CWE not yet assigned
CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Denial of service
A

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ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59674Official EUVD mapping

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend During PM freeze (e.g. S3 suspend or S4 hibernation), device drivers like virtio_balloon reset their underlying virtio devices and delete their virtqueues via vdev->config->del_vqs(). However, page reporting work (page_reporting_process) was scheduled on the global system_wq. Because system_wq lacks the WQ_FREEZABLE flag, the PM freezer skips it, leaving page_reporting_process active during suspend. If pages are freed into the buddy allocator while suspending (for example, when core MM invokes the balloon shrinker during S4 hibernation image saving), page reporting triggers virtballoon_free_page_report() on deleted virtqueues, resulting in a Use-After-Free / General Protection Fault: [ 196.795226] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xaa1436fe70dae6df: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 196.825967] Workqueue: events page_reporting_process [ 196.831038] RIP: 0010:virtqueue_add_split+0x233/0x4c0 [virtio_ring] [ 196.927073] virtballoon_free_page_report+0x3a/0xe0 [virtio_balloon] [ 196.946943] page_reporting_process+0x370/0x4f0 Fix this by switching page reporting work to system_freezable_wq. This ensures that the PM freezer pauses page_reporting_process before device drivers destroy their reporting virtqueues. Because the reporting worker is frozen, memory reclamation/freeing (e.g. via shrinker execution) can safely return pages to MM during freeze without triggering unfrozen reporting work on deleted virtqueues. This aligns with the driver's existing design. The comment in virtballoon_freeze() states: /* * The workqueue is already frozen by the PM core before this * function is called. */ Testing: I have verified these fixes using Google’s virtualization infrastructure by running continuous suspend/resume iterations (40+ cycles) while churning memory using stress-ng (`stress-ng --vm 4 --vm-bytes 60% --timeout 1`) to constantly create free pages for the buddy allocator. We also set the `page_reporting_order` parameter to 0 to make the page reporting worker highly sensitive, forcing it to pick up any 4K free pages. This confirmed that the UAF crashes are no longer reproducible.

Official EUVD record ↗
BSI · German · WID-SEC-2026-2852Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um root Rechte zu erlangen, um einen Denial of Service herbeizuführen oder einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1255Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2026-74394 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74395 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74395 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74397 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74397 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74406 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74406 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74464 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74464 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74474 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74474 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74475 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74475 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74476 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74476 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74479 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74481 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74482 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74495 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74495 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74496 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74510 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74510 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74512 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74513 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74513 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74517 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74517 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74518 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1232Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS

d?id=CVE-2026-74471 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74472 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74472 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74473 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74473 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74474 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74474 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74475 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74475 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74476 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74476 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74478 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74479 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74480 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74481 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74482 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74483 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74483 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74484 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74484 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74485 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74487 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74487 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74488 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74490 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1202Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2026-74297 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74318 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74318 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74321 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74334 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74334 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74345 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74345 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74394 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74394 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74395 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74395 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74454 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74454 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74474 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74474 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74481 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74482 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74488 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74495 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74495 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74496 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74509 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74509 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74510 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74510 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74512 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1163Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS

d?id=CVE-2026-74470 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74471 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74471 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74472 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74472 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74473 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74473 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74475 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74475 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74476 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74476 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74478 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74479 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74480 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74481 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74482 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74485 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74487 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74487 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74488 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74490 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74492 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74493 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74493 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1164Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2026-74297 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74318 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74318 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74321 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74334 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74334 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74345 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74345 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74394 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74394 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74395 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74395 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74454 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74454 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74474 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74474 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74481 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74482 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74488 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74495 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74495 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74496 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74509 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74509 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74510 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74510 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74512 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1090Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian

d?id=CVE-2026-74471 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74472 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74472 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74473 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74473 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74474 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74474 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74475 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74475 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74476 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74476 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74478 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74478 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74479 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74479 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74480 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74481 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74481 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74482 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74482 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74483 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74483 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74484 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74484 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74485 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74487 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74487 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74488 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74488 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74490 Référence CVE CVE-2026-74492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix availability varies by product
Affected
Fixed
Linux: < 5.7, 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.*, 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.151 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.103 ≤ 6.12.*, 6.18.44 ≤ 6.18.*, 7.1.8 ≤ 7.1.*, 7.2 ≤ *
Action
Use the product-specific evidence above. Patch only products with a verified fixed release, and keep every affected or under-investigation state without a matching fix in the remediation queue.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 15 Aug 2026 · Last source change 19 Aug 2026, 16:37 UTC · CWE not yet assigned

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-23
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59674
Product sourceVendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team
CWE sourceUnavailable
NVD statusNVD received

Missing structured fields: CWE classification. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added remediation: git.kernel.org/a4c60046052777ca1dcc83fe3ece2a5136b301f1; removed remediation: git.kernel.org/f978048326570047e8216e81a67f9c71ef2bb1b1.
    Before
    remediation: git.kernel.org/f978048326570047e8216e81a67f9c71ef2bb1b1
    After
    remediation: git.kernel.org/a4c60046052777ca1dcc83fe3ece2a5136b301f1
    CNA ↗
  2. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < f978048326570047e8216e81a67f9c71ef2bb1b1; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 450f35f4d5a682a0796757e52295df58ddb63bc9; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < b11907c905fa08eda925395f0724b7a409870f65; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < faf439b5fa7b231120eac4f7a617e0bfd4f6f5c7; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 0b45f6927a14914ff685fe0e6f9d11232a1e03df; 5.7 · Fixed: < 5.7; 6.6.151 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.103 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.44 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.8 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2 ≤ *
    After
    36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < a4c60046052777ca1dcc83fe3ece2a5136b301f1; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < b2c094e98f8bb823b3ae475f7169fe2091c40c6d; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 992f270fd808338fbae1f498a5e325e7e2e20368; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < f978048326570047e8216e81a67f9c71ef2bb1b1; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 450f35f4d5a682a0796757e52295df58ddb63bc9; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < b11907c905fa08eda925395f0724b7a409870f65; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < faf439b5fa7b231120eac4f7a617e0bfd4f6f5c7; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 0b45f6927a14914ff685fe0e6f9d11232a1e03df · Fixed: < 5.7; 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.*; 6.6.151 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.103 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.44 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.8 ≤ 7.1.*
    CNA ↗
  3. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < f978048326570047e8216e81a67f9c71ef2bb1b1; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 450f35f4d5a682a0796757e52295df58ddb63bc9; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < b11907c905fa08eda925395f0724b7a409870f65; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < faf439b5fa7b231120eac4f7a617e0bfd4f6f5c7; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 0b45f6927a14914ff685fe0e6f9d11232a1e03df; 5.7 · Fixed: < 5.7; 6.6.151 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.103 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.44 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.8 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2-rc6 ≤ *
    After
    36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < f978048326570047e8216e81a67f9c71ef2bb1b1; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 450f35f4d5a682a0796757e52295df58ddb63bc9; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < b11907c905fa08eda925395f0724b7a409870f65; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < faf439b5fa7b231120eac4f7a617e0bfd4f6f5c7; 36e66c554b5c6a9d17a229faca7a61693527b0bd < 0b45f6927a14914ff685fe0e6f9d11232a1e03df; 5.7 · Fixed: < 5.7; 6.6.151 ≤ 6.6.*; 6.12.103 ≤ 6.12.*; 6.18.44 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.1.8 ≤ 7.1.*; 7.2 ≤ *
    CNA ↗
  4. SeveritySeverity changed from Unknown to High.
    Before
    Unknown
    After
    High
    CNA ↗
  5. CVSS scoreCVSS score changed from not recorded to 7.8 (CVSS 3.1 · CNA · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    7.8 (CVSS 3.1 · CNA · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
    CNA ↗
  6. Catalogue recordCVE added to the BlackTree catalogue.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59674↗Vendor CSAF · SUSE Product Security Team↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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