HIGH 7.8 NVD
CVE-2026-90043
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: zram: fix slot lock bit position on big-endian 64-bit The slot lock is a bit operation on
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
zram: fix slot lock bit position on big-endian 64-bit
The slot lock is a bit operation on the whole __lock word, which flags and
ac_time alias as two u32s. On little-endian the lock bit lands in the
position ZRAM_ENTRY_LOCK reserves in flags, so the aliasing works out. On
64-bit big-endian it lands in ac_time instead: with
ZRAM_TRACK_ENTRY_ACTIME enabled, storing the access time from
mark_slot_accessed() or slot_free() wipes out the held lock bit, letting
another CPU take the same slot lock; an access time value with that bit
set makes the slot look locked forever.
Shift the lock bit into the flags half of the word on big-endian 64-bit.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/052b6b2d5fe97547bd2cdb73fa894f6cfea68b11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8b5875741d416703e19ad8eeac6fce8a12bd6e4
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-09-16 via NVD.
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