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CVE-2026-53162
memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock Harry Yoo reported that get_random_u32_below() is not safe to call in the nmi context and memcg charge draining can happen in nmi context. More specifically get_random_u32_below() is neither reentrant- nor NMI-safe: it acquires a per-cpu local_lock via local_lock_irqsave() on the batched_entropy_u32 state. An NMI that lands on a CPU mid-update of the ChaCha batch state and recurses into the random subsystem would corrupt that state. The memcg_stock local_trylock prevents re-entry on the percpu stock itself, but cannot protect an unrelated subsystem's per-cpu lock. Replace the random pick with a per-cpu round-robin counter stored in memcg_stock_pcp and serialized by the same local_trylock that already guards cached[] and nr_pages[]. No atomics, no random calls, no extra locks needed.

INFO

Published Date :

June 25, 2026, 8:38 a.m.

Last Modified :

June 25, 2026, 8:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

Linux
Affected Products

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Solution
Update the Linux kernel to a version where memcg victim selection is safe in NMI contexts.
  • Update the Linux kernel to the latest stable version.
  • Apply the specific patch for memcg victim selection.
  • Ensure no random calls or extra locks in NMI contexts.

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