{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-89756", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.763Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-11T19:46:59.093Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:52:09.900Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:52:09.900Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "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() ->\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]" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "mm/migrate.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227", "lessThan": "8c6d63d434ebb85c6cf3dac1e70a171b183c6614", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227", "lessThan": "4757542649af56d894e25e30f57cd497dffad53f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227", "lessThan": "4996a7bc01ef35570664854dac2530c604981039", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227", "lessThan": "5dc0daff0341c6baba19c38f47d299ac831d7e99", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227", "lessThan": "66734981b4d3c105223a13c827c9c73be18d91ad", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227", "lessThan": "efe8f86c0916f0f74eea74ae21a3b37f728c6bad", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "mm/migrate.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.188", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.157", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.109", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.188" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.157" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.109" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6d63d434ebb85c6cf3dac1e70a171b183c6614" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4757542649af56d894e25e30f57cd497dffad53f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4996a7bc01ef35570664854dac2530c604981039" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc0daff0341c6baba19c38f47d299ac831d7e99" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66734981b4d3c105223a13c827c9c73be18d91ad" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe8f86c0916f0f74eea74ae21a3b37f728c6bad" } ], "title": "mm/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate_pages_batch()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }