Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

arm64: mm: Handle invalid large leaf mappings correctly

It has been possible for a long time to mark ptes in the linear map as
invalid. This is done for secretmem, kfence, realm dma memory un/share,
and others, by simply clearing the PTE_VALID bit. But until commit
a166563e7ec37 ("arm64: mm: support large block mapping when
rodata=full") large leaf mappings were never made invalid in this way.

It turns out various parts of the code base are not equipped to handle
invalid large leaf mappings (in the way they are currently encoded) and
I've observed a kernel panic while booting a realm guest on a
BBML2_NOABORT system as a result:

[ 15.432706] software IO TLB: Memory encryption is active and system is using DMA bounce buffers
[ 15.476896] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff000019600000
[ 15.513762] Mem abort info:
[ 15.527245] ESR = 0x0000000096000046
[ 15.548553] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 15.572146] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 15.592141] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 15.612694] FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
[ 15.640644] Data abort info:
[ 15.661983] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000046, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 15.694875] CM = 0, WnR = 1, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 15.723740] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 15.755776] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000081f3f000
[ 15.800410] [ffff000019600000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=180000009ffff403, pud=180000009fffe403, pmd=00e8000199600704
[ 15.855046] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000046 [#1] SMP
[ 15.886394] Modules linked in:
[ 15.900029] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4-dirty #4 PREEMPT
[ 15.935258] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
[ 15.955612] pstate: 21400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 15.986009] pc : __pi_memcpy_generic+0x128/0x22c
[ 16.006163] lr : swiotlb_bounce+0xf4/0x158
[ 16.024145] sp : ffff80008000b8f0
[ 16.038896] x29: ffff80008000b8f0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000
[ 16.069953] x26: ffffb3976d261ba8 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000019600000
[ 16.100876] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: ffff0000043430d0 x21: 0000000000007ff0
[ 16.131946] x20: 0000000084570010 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffff00001ffe3fcc
[ 16.163073] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 00000000003fffff x15: 646e612065766974
[ 16.194131] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[ 16.225059] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000010 x9 : 0000000000000018
[ 16.256113] x8 : 0000000000000018 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[ 16.287203] x5 : ffff000019607ff0 x4 : ffff000004578000 x3 : ffff000019600000
[ 16.318145] x2 : 0000000000007ff0 x1 : ffff000004570010 x0 : ffff000019600000
[ 16.349071] Call trace:
[ 16.360143] __pi_memcpy_generic+0x128/0x22c (P)
[ 16.380310] swiotlb_tbl_map_single+0x154/0x2b4
[ 16.400282] swiotlb_map+0x5c/0x228
[ 16.415984] dma_map_phys+0x244/0x2b8
[ 16.432199] dma_map_page_attrs+0x44/0x58
[ 16.449782] virtqueue_map_page_attrs+0x38/0x44
[ 16.469596] virtqueue_map_single_attrs+0xc0/0x130
[ 16.490509] virtnet_rq_alloc.isra.0+0xa4/0x1fc
[ 16.510355] try_fill_recv+0x2a4/0x584
[ 16.526989] virtnet_open+0xd4/0x238
[ 16.542775] __dev_open+0x110/0x24c
[ 16.558280] __dev_change_flags+0x194/0x20c
[ 16.576879] netif_change_flags+0x24/0x6c
[ 16.594489] dev_change_flags+0x48/0x7c
[ 16.611462] ip_auto_config+0x258/0x1114
[ 16.628727] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1c8
[ 16.645590] kernel_init_freeable+0x208/0x2f0
[ 16.664917] kernel_init+0x24/0x1e0
[ 16.680295] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[ 16.696369] Code: 927cec03 cb0e0021 8b0e0042 a9411c26 (a900340c)
[ 16.723106] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 16.752866] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b
[ 16.792556] Kernel Offset: 0x3396ea200000 from 0xffff8000800000
---truncated---
Published: 2026-04-24
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-372
References
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None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: mm: Handle invalid large leaf mappings correctly It has been possible for a long time to mark ptes in the linear map as invalid. This is done for secretmem, kfence, realm dma memory un/share, and others, by simply clearing the PTE_VALID bit. But until commit a166563e7ec37 ("arm64: mm: support large block mapping when rodata=full") large leaf mappings were never made invalid in this way. It turns out various parts of the code base are not equipped to handle invalid large leaf mappings (in the way they are currently encoded) and I've observed a kernel panic while booting a realm guest on a BBML2_NOABORT system as a result: [ 15.432706] software IO TLB: Memory encryption is active and system is using DMA bounce buffers [ 15.476896] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff000019600000 [ 15.513762] Mem abort info: [ 15.527245] ESR = 0x0000000096000046 [ 15.548553] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 15.572146] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 15.592141] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 15.612694] FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault [ 15.640644] Data abort info: [ 15.661983] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000046, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 15.694875] CM = 0, WnR = 1, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 15.723740] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 15.755776] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000081f3f000 [ 15.800410] [ffff000019600000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=180000009ffff403, pud=180000009fffe403, pmd=00e8000199600704 [ 15.855046] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000046 [#1] SMP [ 15.886394] Modules linked in: [ 15.900029] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4-dirty #4 PREEMPT [ 15.935258] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 15.955612] pstate: 21400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 15.986009] pc : __pi_memcpy_generic+0x128/0x22c [ 16.006163] lr : swiotlb_bounce+0xf4/0x158 [ 16.024145] sp : ffff80008000b8f0 [ 16.038896] x29: ffff80008000b8f0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 16.069953] x26: ffffb3976d261ba8 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000019600000 [ 16.100876] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: ffff0000043430d0 x21: 0000000000007ff0 [ 16.131946] x20: 0000000084570010 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffff00001ffe3fcc [ 16.163073] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 00000000003fffff x15: 646e612065766974 [ 16.194131] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 16.225059] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000010 x9 : 0000000000000018 [ 16.256113] x8 : 0000000000000018 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 16.287203] x5 : ffff000019607ff0 x4 : ffff000004578000 x3 : ffff000019600000 [ 16.318145] x2 : 0000000000007ff0 x1 : ffff000004570010 x0 : ffff000019600000 [ 16.349071] Call trace: [ 16.360143] __pi_memcpy_generic+0x128/0x22c (P) [ 16.380310] swiotlb_tbl_map_single+0x154/0x2b4 [ 16.400282] swiotlb_map+0x5c/0x228 [ 16.415984] dma_map_phys+0x244/0x2b8 [ 16.432199] dma_map_page_attrs+0x44/0x58 [ 16.449782] virtqueue_map_page_attrs+0x38/0x44 [ 16.469596] virtqueue_map_single_attrs+0xc0/0x130 [ 16.490509] virtnet_rq_alloc.isra.0+0xa4/0x1fc [ 16.510355] try_fill_recv+0x2a4/0x584 [ 16.526989] virtnet_open+0xd4/0x238 [ 16.542775] __dev_open+0x110/0x24c [ 16.558280] __dev_change_flags+0x194/0x20c [ 16.576879] netif_change_flags+0x24/0x6c [ 16.594489] dev_change_flags+0x48/0x7c [ 16.611462] ip_auto_config+0x258/0x1114 [ 16.628727] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1c8 [ 16.645590] kernel_init_freeable+0x208/0x2f0 [ 16.664917] kernel_init+0x24/0x1e0 [ 16.680295] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 16.696369] Code: 927cec03 cb0e0021 8b0e0042 a9411c26 (a900340c) [ 16.723106] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 16.752866] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b [ 16.792556] Kernel Offset: 0x3396ea200000 from 0xffff8000800000 ---truncated---
Title arm64: mm: Handle invalid large leaf mappings correctly
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-24T14:42:24.641Z

Reserved: 2026-03-09T15:48:24.121Z

Link: CVE-2026-31600

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-24T15:16:38.920

Modified: 2026-04-24T17:51:40.810

Link: CVE-2026-31600

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-31600 - Bugzilla

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