# CVE-2026-89756: mm/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate\_pages\_batch()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 8c6d63d434ebb85c6cf3dac1e70a171b183c6614; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 4757542649af56d894e25e30f57cd497dffad53f; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 4996a7bc01ef35570664854dac2530c604981039; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 5dc0daff0341c6baba19c38f47d299ac831d7e99; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in 66734981b4d3c105223a13c827c9c73be18d91ad; from 8315f42295d2667a7f942f154b73a86fd7cb2227, fixed in efe8f86c0916f0f74eea74ae21a3b37f728c6bad
- Linux: 3.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.18.0, 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/migrate: report RCU-tasks quiescent states in migrate_pages_batch() migrate_pages_batch() unmaps each folio before moving it, and every unmap runs the mmu_notifier invalidate callbacks. On KVM hosts try_to_migrate() ends up in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() -> tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(), which is expensive, so unmapping a large batch keeps the CPU busy for a long time. The loop already calls cond_resched(), but on PREEMPTION kernels that is a no-op, and involuntary preemption is not a Tasks-RCU quiescent state. A long batch therefore never reports a quiescent state, and the migrating task (e.g. kcompactd) becomes a Tasks-RCU holdout, stalling the Tasks-RCU grace period for minutes, which is common at Meta fleet: INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks: 0000000055349ecc: .. nvcsw: 1157401/1157401 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/56 task:kcompactd0 state:R running task Call Trace: tdp_mmu_zap_leafs tdp_mmu_next_root gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start try_to_migrate_one try_to_migrate migrate_pages_batch migrate_pages compact_zone compact_node kcompactd kthread Use cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() so a quiescent state is reported even when cond_resched() does nothing. This has also been discussed at [1]

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6d63d434ebb85c6cf3dac1e70a171b183c6614
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4757542649af56d894e25e30f57cd497dffad53f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4996a7bc01ef35570664854dac2530c604981039
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc0daff0341c6baba19c38f47d299ac831d7e99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66734981b4d3c105223a13c827c9c73be18d91ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe8f86c0916f0f74eea74ae21a3b37f728c6bad

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