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CVE-2026-64419

mm/shrinker: do not hold RCU lock in shrinker_debugfs_count_show()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/shrinker: do not hold RCU lock in shrinker_debugfs_count_show()

Reading the debugfs "count" file of a memcg-aware shrinker can sleep
inside an RCU read-side critical section:

  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/cgroup/rstat.c:421
  RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0
   css_rstat_flush
   mem_cgroup_flush_stats
   zswap_shrinker_count
   shrinker_debugfs_count_show

shrinker_debugfs_count_show() invokes the ->count_objects() callback under
rcu_read_lock().  The zswap callback flushes memcg stats via
css_rstat_flush(), which may sleep, so it must not run under RCU.

The RCU lock is not needed here.  mem_cgroup_iter() takes RCU internally
and returns a memcg holding a css reference (dropped on the next iteration
or by mem_cgroup_iter_break()), so the memcg stays alive without it.  The
shrinker is kept alive by the open debugfs file: shrinker_free() removes
the debugfs entries via debugfs_remove_recursive(), which waits for
in-flight readers to drain, before call_rcu(..., shrinker_free_rcu_cb). 
The sibling "scan" handler already invokes the sleeping ->scan_objects()
callback with no RCU section.

Drop the rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock().
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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version 5035ebc644aec92d55d1bbfe042f35341e4bffb5
Version < de5f69b8dae8698ac5e48dfcd30017887cdf4e5a
Status affected
Version 5035ebc644aec92d55d1bbfe042f35341e4bffb5
Version < e441cbfbd0eaa6404278e985033c33caba4db767
Status affected
Version 5035ebc644aec92d55d1bbfe042f35341e4bffb5
Version < 2fed79f0fe8c8d28a972c290dbfd693c3546c8c4
Status affected
Version 5035ebc644aec92d55d1bbfe042f35341e4bffb5
Version < 560e21e8ccff813e84d05f6500907c549a3d6985
Status affected
Version 5035ebc644aec92d55d1bbfe042f35341e4bffb5
Version < 86237e56091e70f09c0fbf217f9d9c0e08f556c4
Status affected
Version 5035ebc644aec92d55d1bbfe042f35341e4bffb5
Version < b902890c62d200b3509cb5e09cf1e0a66553c128
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.0
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 6.0
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.178
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.6.*
Version 6.6.145
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.96
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.39
Status unaffected
Version <= 7.1.*
Version 7.1.4
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.2
Status unaffected
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5f69b8dae8698ac5e48dfcd30017887cdf4e5a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e441cbfbd0eaa6404278e985033c33caba4db767
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fed79f0fe8c8d28a972c290dbfd693c3546c8c4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560e21e8ccff813e84d05f6500907c549a3d6985
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86237e56091e70f09c0fbf217f9d9c0e08f556c4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b902890c62d200b3509cb5e09cf1e0a66553c128