CVE-2026-53153EPSS p0.9%
CVE-2026-53153CVE-2026-53153
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/list_lru: drain before clearing xarray entry on reparent
memcg_reparent_list_lrus() clears the dying memcg's xarray entry with
xas_store(&xas, NULL) before reparenting its per-node lists into the
parent. This opens a window where a concurrent list_lru_del() arriving
for the dying memcg sees xa_load() == NULL, walks to the parent in
lock_list_lru_of_memcg(), takes the parent's per-node lock, and calls
list_del_init() on an item still physically linked on the dying memcg's
list.
If another in-flight thread holds the dying memcg's per-node lock at the
same moment (another list_lru_del, or a list_lru_walk_one running an
isolate callback), both threads modify ->next/->prev pointers on the same
physical list under different locks. Adjacent items can corrupt each
other's links.
Fix it by reversing the order: reparent each per-node list and mark the
child's list lru dead and then clear the xarray entry. Any concurren
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.10% probability of exploitation · percentile 0.9% · 2026-08-09T12:02:47Z |
| Last modified | 2026-07-15 |