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FKIE_CVE-2026-89756

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 20:20 - Updated: 2026-09-14 13:19
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate_pages_batch() migrate_pages_batch() unmaps each folio before moving it, and every unmap runs the mmu_notifier invalidate callbacks. On KVM hosts try_to_migrate() ends up in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() -> tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(), which is expensive, so unmapping a large batch keeps the CPU busy for a long time. The loop already calls cond_resched(), but on PREEMPTION kernels that is a no-op, and involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent state. A long batch therefore never reports a quiescent state, and the migrating task (e.g. kcompactd) becomes a Tasks-RCU holdout, stalling the Tasks-RCU grace period for minutes, which is common at Meta fleet: INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks: 0000000055349ecc: .. nvcsw: 1157401/1157401 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/56 task:kcompactd0 state:R running task Call Trace: tdp_mmu_zap_leafs tdp_mmu_next_root gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start try_to_migrate_one try_to_migrate migrate_pages_batch migrate_pages compact_zone compact_node kcompactd kthread Use cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() so a quiescent state is reported even when cond_resched() does nothing. This has also been discussed at [1]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4757542649af56d894e25e30f57cd497dffad53f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4996a7bc01ef35570664854dac2530c604981039
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc0daff0341c6baba19c38f47d299ac831d7e99
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66734981b4d3c105223a13c827c9c73be18d91ad
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6d63d434ebb85c6cf3dac1e70a171b183c6614
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe8f86c0916f0f74eea74ae21a3b37f728c6bad
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate_pages_batch()\n\nmigrate_pages_batch() unmaps each folio before moving it, and every\nunmap runs the mmu_notifier invalidate callbacks.  On KVM hosts\ntry_to_migrate() ends up in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() -\u003e\ntdp_mmu_zap_leafs(), which is expensive, so unmapping a large batch keeps\nthe CPU busy for a long time.\n\nThe loop already calls cond_resched(), but on PREEMPTION kernels that is\na no-op, and involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent state.\n\nA long batch therefore never reports a quiescent state, and the\nmigrating task (e.g. kcompactd) becomes a Tasks-RCU holdout, stalling the\nTasks-RCU grace period for minutes, which is common at Meta fleet:\n\n  INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:\n  0000000055349ecc: .. nvcsw: 1157401/1157401 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/56 task:kcompactd0      state:R  running task\n  Call Trace:\n   tdp_mmu_zap_leafs\n   tdp_mmu_next_root\n   gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start\n   kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start\n   __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start\n   try_to_migrate_one\n   try_to_migrate\n   migrate_pages_batch\n   migrate_pages\n   compact_zone\n   compact_node\n   kcompactd\n   kthread\n\nUse cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() so a quiescent state is reported even\nwhen cond_resched() does nothing.\n\nThis has also been discussed at [1]"
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  "id": "CVE-2026-89756",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-14T13:19:24.170",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:20:06.643",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
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