FKIE_CVE-2026-53162

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-25 09:16 - Updated: 2026-06-30 14:44
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00731bd7e18f182a32ca54d6b176eaa470b51ed7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bd8215e25aa6999cc51696da418e0d422bc5e0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0cafe24d3f6534294c4b2bc2d47734ff7cbd313
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmemcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock\n\nHarry Yoo reported that get_random_u32_below() is not safe to call in the\nnmi context and memcg charge draining can happen in nmi context.\n\nMore specifically get_random_u32_below() is neither reentrant- nor\nNMI-safe: it acquires a per-cpu local_lock via local_lock_irqsave() on the\nbatched_entropy_u32 state.  An NMI that lands on a CPU mid-update of the\nChaCha batch state and recurses into the random subsystem would corrupt\nthat state.  The memcg_stock local_trylock prevents re-entry on the percpu\nstock itself, but cannot protect an unrelated subsystem\u0027s per-cpu lock.\n\nReplace the random pick with a per-cpu round-robin counter stored in\nmemcg_stock_pcp and serialized by the same local_trylock that already\nguards cached[] and nr_pages[].  No atomics, no random calls, no extra\nlocks needed."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-53162",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-30T14:44:27.313",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "type": "Secondary"
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  "published": "2026-06-25T09:16:33.613",
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  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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