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CVE-2026-89759— mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于mm/kmemleak.c中的kmemleak_scan()在单个rcu_read_lock下扫描任务栈且无重新调度点，可能导致软锁定。

AI Predicted 4.3 Difficulty: Theoretical EPSS 0.19% · P8

Affected Version Matrix 10

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux c4b28963fd79457315783b3b0f21c01eb88cfdc1< 9a1b12c06c192290b8479de48f66f1e75d89c4b7 affected
c4b28963fd79457315783b3b0f21c01eb88cfdc1< 3fc8044251de21555fb02c365fa681bab8b0db55 affected
c4b28963fd79457315783b3b0f21c01eb88cfdc1< 1838c704bcb4fd3556cf67513c6f97a39099e35c affected
c4b28963fd79457315783b3b0f21c01eb88cfdc1< 5d10d4e19e6daa487f0cd0ea6cba472325de92f9 affected
5.10 affected
< 5.10 unaffected
6.12.109≤ 6.12.* unaffected
6.18.50≤ 6.18.* unaffected
… +2 more rows
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Vulnerability Title
mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task stacks Patch series "mm/kmemleak: avoid soft lockup when scanning task", v3. kmemleak_scan() scans every task stack under one rcu_read_lock() with no reschedule point, which can trip the soft lockup watchdog on hosts with very many threads. That prints the following message, depending on the workload+host configuration: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#35 stuck for 22s! [kmemleak:537] scan_block kmemleak_scan kmemleak_scan_thread kthread Patch 1 walks the tasks with find_ge_pid() so the scan reschedules between tasks Patches 2-3 let the scan loops stop early once a scan is interrupted. This patch (of 3): kmemleak_scan() walks every thread and scans its kernel stack under a single rcu_read_lock() with no reschedule point. On a host with very many threads -- amplified by KASAN/lockdep in debug builds -- this loop can hog a CPU long enough to trip the soft lockup watchdog: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#35 stuck for 22s! [kmemleak:537] scan_block kmemleak_scan kmemleak_scan_thread kthread A cond_resched() cannot be added directly: the loop runs inside an RCU read-side critical section. Walk the tasks one PID at a time with find_ge_pid(), taking the RCU read lock only to look up and pin each task. The stack is then scanned with no lock held, so cond_resched() runs between tasks and the scan stops early on scan_should_stop(). This follows the next_tgid()/task_seq_get_next() iteration pattern and keeps each RCU critical section short.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于mm/kmemleak.c中的kmemleak_scan()在单个rcu_read_lock下扫描任务栈且无重新调度点，可能导致软锁定。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

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Linux Linux c4b28963fd79457315783b3b0f21c01eb88cfdc1 ~ 9a1b12c06c192290b8479de48f66f1e75d89c4b7 -
Linux Linux 5.10 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-89759 (4)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-11 · 431 CVEs total

CVE-2026-89669 9.8 CRITICAL nfsd: initialize copy-notify stateid before publishing it
CVE-2026-89536 9.8 CRITICAL SUNRPC: wait for in-flight client TLS handshake callback
CVE-2026-89533 9.8 CRITICAL svcrdma: Fix offset arithmetic in read_chunk_range
CVE-2026-81002 9.8 CRITICAL xdp: fix zero-copy frame layout
CVE-2026-89643 9.8 CRITICAL audit: avoid dropping live tree ref on fsnotify rule autoremove
CVE-2026-89526 9.8 CRITICAL svcrdma: Validate Read chunk positions before reconstruction
CVE-2026-89652 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: bound copied dentry name length in NFS export get_name
CVE-2026-89651 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: bound MDSCapAuth path and fs_name decode in handle_session()
CVE-2026-89653 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: reject export_targets ranks >= CEPH_MAX_MDS in mdsmap decode
CVE-2026-89654 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: fix UAF in check_new_map() on session freed during unlock
CVE-2026-89656 9.8 CRITICAL libceph: reject buckets with mismatched CRUSH ids
CVE-2026-89655 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: fix UAF in __kick_flushing_caps() on cf entry freed during unlock
CVE-2026-89712 9.8 CRITICAL NFSD: restart ssc_expire_umount walk after dropping nfsd_ssc_lock
CVE-2026-89658 9.8 CRITICAL NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during NFSv4.0 revoked-state cleanup
CVE-2026-89660 9.8 CRITICAL NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during admin state revocation
CVE-2026-89659 9.8 CRITICAL NFSD: Prevent client use-after-free during delegation revoke
CVE-2026-89708 9.8 CRITICAL nfsd: RCU-protect cl_cb_session to fix use-after-free on session teardown
CVE-2026-89662 9.8 CRITICAL NFSD: Prevent lock owner use-after-free during client teardown
CVE-2026-89689 9.8 CRITICAL nfsd: don't free session slots that are still in use
CVE-2026-89686 9.8 CRITICAL nfsd: fix BUG_ON in nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid on racing delegation revoke

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