CVE-2026-64417
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs
shrinker_debugfs_add() creates both "count" and "scan" debugfs files
unconditionally.
That assumes every shrinker implements both count_objects() and
scan_objects(), which is not guaranteed. For example, the xen-backend
shrinker sets count_objects() but leaves scan_objects() NULL, so writing
to its scan file calls through a NULL function pointer and panics the
kernel:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
shrinker_debugfs_scan_write+0x12e/0x270
full_proxy_write+0x5f/0x90
vfs_write+0xde/0x420
? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
? filp_close+0x1d/0x30
? do_dup2+0xb8/0x120
ksys_write+0x68/0xf0
? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xb3/0x5b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The count path has the same issue in principle if a shrinker omits
count_objects().
To fix it, only create "count" and "scan" debugfs files when the
corresponding callbacks are present.
mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs
shrinker_debugfs_add() creates both "count" and "scan" debugfs files
unconditionally.
That assumes every shrinker implements both count_objects() and
scan_objects(), which is not guaranteed. For example, the xen-backend
shrinker sets count_objects() but leaves scan_objects() NULL, so writing
to its scan file calls through a NULL function pointer and panics the
kernel:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
shrinker_debugfs_scan_write+0x12e/0x270
full_proxy_write+0x5f/0x90
vfs_write+0xde/0x420
? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
? filp_close+0x1d/0x30
? do_dup2+0xb8/0x120
ksys_write+0x68/0xf0
? filp_flush+0x75/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xb3/0x5b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The count path has the same issue in principle if a shrinker omits
count_objects().
To fix it, only create "count" and "scan" debugfs files when the
corresponding callbacks are present.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
Source
NVD
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006467ab932698612398f853344a7405164541f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d2407985b8ce3e831f9d4310fe7ac06a6b3ae9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36f8534f461222291a74156ab91f3ba9f09b6f93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9beed2322f3538b0d2d53307062da4102b8d8d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e30453c61e185e914fde83c650e268067b140218
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb45c2648b1f60715fd283700f651e05e431231
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