{"id":"CVE-2026-72172","revision":"e88238d4f8e1445999eab6e4b398a2b4","records":[{"revision":"e88238d4f8e1445999eab6e4b398a2b4","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-72172","aliases":[],"title":"mm/mm_init: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONE_DEVICE","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/mm_init: fix uninitialized struct pages for ZONE_DEVICE\n\nIf DAX memory is hotplugged into an unoccupied subsection of an early\nsection, section_activate() reuses the unoptimized boot memmap.  However,\ncompound_nr_pages() still assumes that vmemmap optimization is in effect\nand initializes only the reduced number of struct pages.  As a result, the\nremaining tail struct pages are left uninitialized, which can later lead\nto unexpected behavior or crashes.\n\nFix this by treating early sections as unoptimized when calculating how\nmany struct pages to initialize.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-08-15T05:53:37.795+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-16T18:45:00.307+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"mm/mm_init.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6fd3620b342861de9547ea01d28f664892ef51a1\",\n                            \"lessThan\": 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