gfs2: Prevent recursive memory reclaim
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68356
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cvcc-7fqf-pp94
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@66eb53cecc5f83183535bbfb2fa6464322049b61 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66eb53cecc5f83183535bbfb2fa6464322049b61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edb2b255618621dc83d0ec23150e16b2c697077f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c0960ed112398bdb6c60ccf6e6b583bc59acede
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49e7347f4644d031306d56cb4d51e467cbdcbc69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c5f4a53476e3cab70adc77b38942c066bd2c17c
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68356 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68356 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cvcc-7fqf-pp94 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68356 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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