kasan: fix cache shrink race with CPU hotplug
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-93208 |
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| State | PUBLISHED |
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| Assigner | Linux |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2026-09-24 16:17:15 UTC |
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| Updated | 2026-09-24 16:17:15 UTC |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kasan: fix cache shrink race with CPU hotplug
kasan_quarantine_remove_cache() first invokes per_cpu_remove_cache() on
all online CPUs. Each callback moves objects belonging to the cache from
cpu_quarantine to the CPU's shrink_qlist, where they can later be freed
from task context.
kmem_cache_destroy() invokes the quarantine removal path while holding
cpus_read_lock(), but kmem_cache_shrink() does not. The latter can
therefore race with CPU offlining as follows:
kmem_cache_shrink() CPU hotplug
------------------- -----------
on_each_cpu()
CPU1 moves objects to
CPU1's shrink_qlist
on_each_cpu() returns
CPU1 goes offline
kasan_cpu_offline()
drains cpu_quarantine
leaves shrink_qlist untouched
for_each_online_cpu()
skips CPU1
The objects left on CPU1's shrink_qlist are not returned to the slab
allocator. This may prevent kmem_cache_shrink() from releasing slabs that
would otherwise become empty. If CPU1 remains offline, a later
kmem_cache_destroy() also skips the list and can report that the cache
still contains objects.
An intermittent occurrence was observed with a virtio-9p filesystem. The
mount and umount commands both returned 0, but the kernel logged the
following during the userspace-triggered teardown:
[ 2994.380134][ T111] BUG 9p-fcall-cache-1 (Tainted: G B ): Objects remaining on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
[ 2994.381140][ T111] Object 0xff11000004361118 @offset=4376
[ 2994.381607][ T111] Allocated in p9_fcall_init+0x201/0x400 age=19564 cpu=1 pid=104
[ 2994.382591][ T111] p9_fcall_init+0x201/0x400
[ 2994.382810][ T111] p9_tag_alloc+0x12f/0x700
[ 2994.382982][ T111] p9_client_prepare_req+0x102/0x3e0
[ 2994.383165][ T111] p9_client_rpc+0x1ab/0xa50
[ 2994.383334][ T111] p9_client_getattr_dotl+0xb0/0x1a0
[ 2994.383515][ T111] v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl+0x115/0x360
[ 2994.383719][ T111] vfs_getattr_nosec+0x22c/0x3a0
[ 2994.383910][ T111] vfs_statx+0xd7/0x170
[ 2994.384062][ T111] vfs_fstatat+0x45/0x80
[ 2994.384215][ T111] __do_sys_newfstatat+0x84/0xe0
[ 2994.384386][ T111] do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0
[ 2994.384566][ T111] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[ 2994.399720][ T111] WARNING: mm/slub.c:1244 at __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x363/0x500, CPU#0: busybox/111
[ 2994.405655][ T111] Call Trace:
[ 2994.406325][ T111] kmem_cache_destroy+0x73/0x1b0
[ 2994.406630][ T111] p9_client_destroy+0x271/0x3c0
[ 2994.407210][ T111] v9fs_session_close+0x3c/0x260
[ 2994.407409][ T111] v9fs_kill_super+0x48/0x90
[ 2994.407584][ T111] deactivate_locked_super+0xa3/0x160
[ 2994.407778][ T111] cleanup_mnt+0x1dd/0x3e0
Thus, a successful umount left objects in the 9p fcall cache and prevented
the cache from being destroyed cleanly.
Per-CPU shrink_qlist storage exists for every possible CPU, and each list
is protected by its own raw spinlock. Iterate over possible CPUs so that
a list populated before its CPU went offline is drained as well.
for_each_possible_cpu() can do more work than for_each_online_cpu(), but
this change only affects CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC kernels. The extra work is
limited to cache shrink and cache destruction paths and does not affect
the normal allocation/free fast path. It adds one raw-spinlock-protected
scan of each possible CPU's shrink list. These lists are normally empty;
a non-empty list is traversed to remove objects belonging to the cache
being shrunk or destroyed. |
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Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
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| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 07d067e4f2ceb72b9f681995cc53828caaba9e6e 7cd164f0e1bab0f8dd125c92ed4f19bbd6b92a4a git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 07d067e4f2ceb72b9f681995cc53828caaba9e6e 709c3646545e0a1f99a5816384c633f6552c5a98 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 07d067e4f2ceb72b9f681995cc53828caaba9e6e 30e8cb8598aa41b1b9f8803081d2ae5e5369c0f3 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 07d067e4f2ceb72b9f681995cc53828caaba9e6e 3119d58e4ef8719d669911d38a53fc00086ac48b git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 07d067e4f2ceb72b9f681995cc53828caaba9e6e 8790303cbaac52a11dfed4aab261f8ea60682525 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 5.19 |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 5.19 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.6.157 6.6.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.12.109 6.12.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.18.50 6.18.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.2.4 7.2.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix |
Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cd164f0e1bab0f8dd125c92ed4f19bbd6b92a4a |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/3119d58e4ef8719d669911d38a53fc00086ac48b |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/8790303cbaac52a11dfed4aab261f8ea60682525 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/709c3646545e0a1f99a5816384c633f6552c5a98 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/30e8cb8598aa41b1b9f8803081d2ae5e5369c0f3 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.