# CVE-2026-89753: mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink\_lruvec()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 4f50593c9cbc883d8c9b50148a3e8a8b1fd35f57; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 4cdc1bdf40944de5c6b118fef07ad23f07844338; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in a67a00a70a7c8309ca47ea157ef3e8ed3d268f5b; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 029c9408049f7f582230322057b7075bea594fd5; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in b5391676c61d94ffe3272dcf6723738b802f79e8; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 3fd50239986302cb050d3649351bcec00fa9d5ab; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in cf3ba0911a1cf8680371ff113b90088edd01d2bb; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 25f52e81216884a7444bf07a606691feb09a94e3
- Linux: 3.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.18.0, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/vmscan: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in shrink_lruvec() I am seeing some rcu_tasks stalls in the Meta fleet during reclaim. INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks: 0000000088620d09: .. nvcsw: 6735/6735 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/8 task:GlobalCPUThread state:R running task pid:2552016 tgid:2524552 Call Trace: shrink_lruvec mem_cgroup_iter shrink_node do_try_to_free_pages try_to_free_pages __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof alloc_pages_noprof pte_alloc_one __pte_alloc handle_mm_fault Nothing promises direct reclaim returns in bounded time, and the scan loop in shrink_lruvec() only calls cond_resched(), which is a no-op on PREEMPTION kernels. Involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent state, so the reclaiming task never reports one and becomes a holdout. Upgrade it to cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs(), which reports a quiescent state even when cond_resched() does nothing. PS: This has been discussed in [1]

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f50593c9cbc883d8c9b50148a3e8a8b1fd35f57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdc1bdf40944de5c6b118fef07ad23f07844338
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a67a00a70a7c8309ca47ea157ef3e8ed3d268f5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029c9408049f7f582230322057b7075bea594fd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5391676c61d94ffe3272dcf6723738b802f79e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd50239986302cb050d3649351bcec00fa9d5ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3ba0911a1cf8680371ff113b90088edd01d2bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25f52e81216884a7444bf07a606691feb09a94e3

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