CVE-2022-50285 — mm,hugetlb: take hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm,hugetlb: take hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages The h->*_huge_pages counters are prote…
Published: 2025-09-15 · CVSS: Unscored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm,hugetlb: take hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages The h->*_huge_pages counters are protected by the hugetlb_lock, but alloc_huge_page has a corner case where it can decrement the counter outside of the lock. This could lead to a corrupted value of h->resv_huge_pages, which we have observed on our systems. Take the hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages to avoid a potential race.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7