# CVE-2026-90342: bpf: Fix mmap\_lock deadlock on arena lock failure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from b8467290edab4bafae352bf3f317055669a1a458, fixed in af8087f16714f7620c4db3e732baaa1b2337948f; from b8467290edab4bafae352bf3f317055669a1a458, fixed in 0b10b945479c954393d62ee3229d2f224a4ca91c
- Linux: 7.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix mmap_lock deadlock on arena lock failure Reported by the Sashiko AI review. arena_vm_fault() returns VM_FAULT_RETRY when it can't take arena->spinlock, but it never took mmap_lock. The fault path assumes a VM_FAULT_RETRY handler already dropped mmap_lock and re-takes it on the retry, so mmap_lock gets taken twice and can deadlock: do_user_addr_fault() { fault = handle_mm_fault(...); // calls arena_vm_fault() if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) goto retry; // re-locks mmap_lock mmap_read_unlock(mm); } Return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS instead, for two reasons: 1. We could keep VM_FAULT_RETRY, but then we'd have to drop the fault lock first and cap the retry ourselves, the way __folio_lock_or_retry() does. 2. A failed raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave() already means a possible deadlock was detected, so retrying just hits the same lock again. So returning VM_FAULT_RETRY here is overkill.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af8087f16714f7620c4db3e732baaa1b2337948f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b10b945479c954393d62ee3229d2f224a4ca91c

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