# CVE-2026-90383: misc: sgi-gru: remove interrupt-context page-table walks

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.27
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.27, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: sgi-gru: remove interrupt-context page-table walks The GRU TLB miss handler walks a process's page tables without holding page-table locks or a reference to the mapped page. It also uses a kernel page-table accessor on user page tables and supports only PMD-level large mappings on x86-64. Remove the direct walker. Send interrupt faults directly to user polling mode so the existing call-OS fallback retries them in process context. Remove the mmap-lock failure statistic that can no longer be incremented.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca505b973aa1a5e3fcca7bd04774e794ff5e662
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a540ced720b4397306337cab34af1af4b30827c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/877423f595b60f8fe7c18b64a5d283d9e1732a13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6248eb1833ff0adfdbbadd5f846c2f22e02a01b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef81e4a1628ecfb9cfc442de10883f383faf17a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/928a8e9f523df845fc496bcb9811013b67aabec5

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