CVE-2026-31648
7.8 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2026-31648 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 24, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: filemap: fix nr_pages calculation overflow in filemap_map_pages()
When running stress-ng on my Arm64 machine with v7.0-rc3 kernel, I
encountered some very strange crash issues showing up as "Bad page state":
"
[ 734.496287] BUG: Bad page state in process stress-ng-env pfn:415735fb
[ 734.496427] page: refcount:0 mapcount:1 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x4cf316 pfn:0x415735fb
[ 734.496434] flags: 0x57fffe000000800(owner_2|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x3ffff)
[ 734.496439] raw: 057fffe000000800 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
[ 734.496440] raw: 00000000004cf316 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 734.496442] page dumped because: nonzero mapcount
"
After analyzing this page’s state, it is hard to understand why the
mapcount is not 0 while the refcount is 0, since this page is not where
the issue first occurred. By enabling the CONFIG_DEBUG_VM config, I can
reproduce the cr
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.1.159, < 6.2 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2026-31648?
CVE-2026-31648 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 24, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2026-31648?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-31648?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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