Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
memcg: keep folio's objcg same as its node
memcg_reparent_objcgs() has an inherent assumption that a folio's objcg is
the objcg of the folio's node. Folio migration across nodes breaks that
assumption: the new folio simply inherits the old folio's objcg while
living on a different node.
Once the assumption is broken, the reparenting of the folio's objcg and
the reparenting of the folio's LRU list are no longer atomic.
memcg_reparent_objcgs() handles one node per iteration and drops all the
locks in between, so the objcg gets reparented in the iteration for the
objcg's node while the LRU list gets spliced in the iteration for the
folio's node. Any LRU operation on that folio in between resolves its
lruvec through the objcg, and thus takes the lru_lock of the wrong memcg,
not the lru_lock of the list the folio is actually on.
Fix this by selecting the objcg by folio_nid() at charge time, and by
re-deriving it for the destination node in mem_cgroup_migrate() and
mem_cgroup_replace_folio().
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 7.1 | 7.2.5 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 7.2.6-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +25 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 +1 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 7.2.7-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-3438 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1 kernel-devel-7.2.7-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 25, 2026