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The swap code uses\npage->private to track swap count continuations, assuming freshly\nallocated pages have page->private == 0.  When stale values are present,\nswap_count_continued() incorrectly assumes the continuation list is valid\nand iterates over uninitialized page->lru containing LIST_POISON values,\ncausing a crash:\n\n  KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead000000000100-0xdead000000000107]\n  RIP: 0010:__do_sys_swapoff+0x1151/0x1860\n\nFix this by clearing page->private in free_pages_prepare(), ensuring all\nfreed pages have clean state regardless of previous use."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The vulnerable swap continuation and page allocator paths are reached through local memory-management activity such as fork/swap/reclaim or swap administration, not by remote packets or physical access.\nAC:L - There is no attacker-uncontrolled race; a local attacker can repeatedly create swap pressure and duplicate swapped entries to drive the continuation path, and allocator grooming is under attacker influence.\nPR:L - Although swapon/swapoff require CAP_SYS_ADMIN in init_user_ns, the same vulnerable swap_count_continued() path is reachable by an unprivileged local user through normal swapped PTE duplication paths once swap is active.\nUI:N - No victim action is required after the attacker has local execution; the trigger can be driven by the attacker's own processes and memory activity.\nS:U - The impact remains within the kernel and the same host security authority; this is not a VM escape or cross-boundary IOMMU/DMA issue.\nC:H - The stale page->private value causes a use-after-free style interpretation of stale struct page list metadata, leading to wild kernel memory accesses that can plausibly be shaped into information disclosure.\nI:H - swap_count_continued() can write through a page derived from stale list pointers, making this kernel memory corruption with plausible arbitrary write/control-flow impact.\nA:H - The reported failure is a KASAN wild-memory-access crash in __do_sys_swapoff, and the same invalid list traversal can oops or panic the 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