CVE-2025-68356
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
gfs2: Prevent recursive memory reclaim
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Prevent recursive memory reclaim Function new_inode() returns a new inode with inode->i_mapping->gfp_mask set to GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE. This value includes the __GFP_FS flag, so allocations in that address space can recurse into filesystem memory reclaim. We don't want that to happen because it can consume a significant amount of stack memory. Worse than that is that it can also deadlock: for example, in several places, gfs2_unstuff_dinode() is called inside filesystem transactions. This calls filemap_grab_folio(), which can allocate a new folio, which can trigger memory reclaim. If memory reclaim recurses into the filesystem and starts another transaction, a deadlock will ensue. To fix these kinds of problems, prevent memory reclaim from recursing into filesystem code by making sure that the gfp_mask of inode address spaces doesn't include __GFP_FS. The "meta" and resource group address spaces were already using GFP_NOFS as their gfp_mask (which doesn't include __GFP_FS). The default value of GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE is less restrictive than GFP_NOFS, though. To avoid being overly limiting, use the default value and only knock off the __GFP_FS flag. I'm not sure if this will actually make a difference, but it also shouldn't hurt. This patch is loosely based on commit ad22c7a043c2 ("xfs: prevent stack overflows from page cache allocation"). Fixes xfstest generic/273.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dc0b9435238c1a68150c798c9c7a1b5d7414cbb9 | affected | git | 66eb53cecc5f83183535bbfb2fa6464322049b61 | Unavailable | None listed |
| dc0b9435238c1a68150c798c9c7a1b5d7414cbb9 | affected | git | edb2b255618621dc83d0ec23150e16b2c697077f | Unavailable | None listed |
| dc0b9435238c1a68150c798c9c7a1b5d7414cbb9 | affected | git | 9c0960ed112398bdb6c60ccf6e6b583bc59acede | Unavailable | None listed |
| dc0b9435238c1a68150c798c9c7a1b5d7414cbb9 | affected | git | 49e7347f4644d031306d56cb4d51e467cbdcbc69 | Unavailable | None listed |
| dc0b9435238c1a68150c798c9c7a1b5d7414cbb9 | affected | git | 2c5f4a53476e3cab70adc77b38942c066bd2c17c | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.160 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.63 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.17.13 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.17.* | None listed |
| 6.18.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 6.19 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |