Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachestat: do not flush stats in recency check
syzbot detects that cachestat() is flushing stats, which can sleep, in its RCU read section (see [1]). This is done in the workingset_test_recent() step (which checks if the folio's eviction is recent).
Move the stat flushing step to before the RCU read section of cachestat, and skip stat flushing during the recency check.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/cgroups/000000000000f71227061bdf97e0@google.com/
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 29, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified