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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64100" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T15:40:05.530Z" updatedAt: "2026-07-19T15:40:05.530Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64100" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64100.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64100" title: "drm/msm: Fix shrinker deadlock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/msm: Fix shrinker deadlock\n\nWith PROVE_LOCKING on an Snapdragon X1 and VM reclaim pressure, we see:\n\n ======================================================\n WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n 7.0.0-debug+ #43 Tainted: G W\n ------------------------------------------------------\n kswapd0/82 is trying to acquire lock:\n ffff800080ec3870 (reservation_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: msm_gem_shrinker_scan+0x17c/0x400 [msm]\n\n but task is already holding lock:\n ffffc31709b263b8 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat+0x88/0x988\n\n which lock already depends on the new lock.\n\n the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\n -\u003e #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n __lock_acquire+0x4d0/0xad0\n lock_acquire.part.0+0xc4/0x248\n lock_acquire+0x8c/0x248\n fs_reclaim_acquire+0xd0/0xf0\n dma_resv_lockdep+0x224/0x348\n do_one_initcall+0x84/0x5d0\n do_initcalls+0x194/0x1d8\n kernel_init_freeable+0x128/0x180\n kernel_init+0x2c/0x160\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n -\u003e #1 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:\n __lock_acquire+0x4d0/0xad0\n lock_acquire.part.0+0xc4/0x248\n lock_acquire+0x8c/0x248\n dma_resv_lockdep+0x1a8/0x348\n do_one_initcall+0x84/0x5d0\n do_initcalls+0x194/0x1d8\n kernel_init_freeable+0x128/0x180\n kernel_init+0x2c/0x160\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n -\u003e #0 (reservation_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n check_prev_add+0x114/0x790\n validate_chain+0x594/0x6f0\n __lock_acquire+0x4d0/0xad0\n lock_acquire.part.0+0xc4/0x248\n lock_acquire+0x8c/0x248\n drm_gem_lru_scan+0x1ac/0x440\n msm_gem_shrinker_scan+0x17c/0x400 [msm]\n do_shrink_slab+0x150/0x4a0\n shrink_slab+0x144/0x460\n shrink_one+0x9c/0x1b0\n shrink_many+0x27c/0x5c0\n shrink_node+0x344/0x550\n balance_pgdat+0x2c0/0x988\n kswapd+0x11c/0x318\n kthread+0x10c/0x128\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n other info that might help us debug this:\n Chain exists of:\n reservation_ww_class_acquire --\u003e reservation_ww_class_mutex --\u003e fs_reclaim\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n CPU0 CPU1\n ---- ----\n lock(fs_reclaim);\n lock(reservation_ww_class_mutex);\n lock(fs_reclaim);\n lock(reservation_ww_class_acquire);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n 1 lock held by kswapd0/82:\n #0: ffffc31709b263b8 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat+0x88/0x988\n\n stack backtrace:\n CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 82 Comm: kswapd0 Tainted: G W 7.0.0-debug+ #43 PREEMPT(full)\n Tainted: [W]=WARN\n Hardware name: LENOVO 21BX0016US/21BX0016US, BIOS N3HET94W (1.66 ) 09/15/2025\n Call trace:\n show_stack+0x20/0x40 (C)\n dump_stack_lvl+0x9c/0xd0\n dump_stack+0x18/0x30\n print_circular_bug+0x114/0x120\n check_noncircular+0x178/0x198\n check_prev_add+0x114/0x790\n validate_chain+0x594/0x6f0\n __lock_acquire+0x4d0/0xad0\n lock_acquire.part.0+0xc4/0x248\n lock_acquire+0x8c/0x248\n drm_gem_lru_scan+0x1ac/0x440\n msm_gem_shrinker_scan+0x17c/0x400 [msm]\n do_shrink_slab+0x150/0x4a0\n shrink_slab+0x144/0x460\n shrink_one+0x9c/0x1b0\n shrink_many+0x27c/0x5c0\n shrink_node+0x344/0x550\n balance_pgdat+0x2c0/0x988\n kswapd+0x11c/0x318\n kthread+0x10c/0x128\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nkswapd0 holding fs_reclaim calls the MSM shrinker, which calls\ndma_resv_lock. This in turn acquires fs_reclaim.\n\nFix this deadlock by using dma_resv_trylock() instead, dropping the\nsubsequently unused passed wait-wound lock 'ticket'.\n\nPatchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/723564/\n[rob: fixup compile errors, replace lockdep splat with somethin\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"fe4952b5f27cca5d143d3de249562d4cc984c1d6","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"942968260e61d4a5d7552b20814b6277f9c553df"},{"version":"fe4952b5f27cca5d143d3de249562d4cc984c1d6","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"928788566c79046f71a211fc32c115400be76402"},{"version":"fe4952b5f27cca5d143d3de249562d4cc984c1d6","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3392291fc509d8ad6e4ad90f15b0a193f721cbc9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.17"},{"version":"6.18.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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