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"value": "AV:L - The flaw is in mm/compaction.c compaction_free(), reached only via local kernel memory-management paths (__alloc_pages_slowpath/try_to_compact_pages, kcompactd, or root sysctl), not from network packet handlers or physical device insertion.\nAC:L - An unprivileged attacker can reliably drive compaction (THP/high-order mmap, memory pressure) and concurrently force migrate_pages failures and races so compaction_free() runs on pages where free_pages_prepare() rejects them; both sides are attacker-influenceable.\nPR:L - No special capability is required: ordinary local processes trigger direct compaction through normal allocators and transparent hugepage mappings, and user namespaces do not block these memory syscalls or kcompactd-driven compaction on the host.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only the attacker's own memory-allocation and churn activity; no separate victim must mount filesystems, open files, or perform other interactive steps beyond routine process execution.\nS:U - Recycling PageHWPoison or free_page_is_bad() pages corrupts host kernel page-allocator/compaction state and process memory within the same OS security authority, not a VM-guest-to-host or IOMMU boundary crossing.\nC:H - Reusing pages that failed free_pages_prepare() can expose stale kernel or cross-process contents and enables allocator/page aliasing primitives; under the overestimate rule, this memory-corruption class supports high confidentiality impact.\nI:H - The fix explicitly warns these pages may cause data corruption when returned to cc->freepages; compaction_alloc() later hands them to migrate_pages as destinations, allowing corrupted/compound state to be written into live mappings.\nA:H - Reallocating HWPoison or allocator-marked bad pages during compaction can trigger kernel faults, bad-page detection, oopses, or panics when the poisoned folio is touched, satisfying high availability impact under the kernel crash guidance."
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