Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel-matched package, versions *
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELRT64KDEBUGDEVELMATCHED-16579583
- published9 May 2026
- disclosed8 May 2026
Introduced: 8 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-43292 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel-matched.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel-matched package and not the kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel-matched package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/vmalloc: prevent RCU stalls in kasan_release_vmalloc_node
When CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER is enabled, freeing KASAN shadow pages during vmalloc cleanup triggers expensive stack unwinding that acquires RCU read locks. Processing a large purge_list without rescheduling can cause the task to hold CPU for extended periods (10+ seconds), leading to RCU stalls and potential OOM conditions.
The issue manifests in purge_vmap_node() -> kasan_release_vmalloc_node() where iterating through hundreds or thousands of vmap_area entries and freeing their associated shadow pages causes:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6229/1:b..l ... task:kworker/0:17 state:R running task stack:28840 pid:6229 ... kasan_release_vmalloc_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299 purge_vmap_node+0x1ba/0xad0 mm/vmalloc.c:2299
Each call to kasan_release_vmalloc() can free many pages, and with page_owner tracking, each free triggers save_stack() which performs stack unwinding under RCU read lock. Without yielding, this creates an unbounded RCU critical section.
Add periodic cond_resched() calls within the loop to allow:
- RCU grace periods to complete
- Other tasks to run
- Scheduler to preempt when needed
The fix uses need_resched() for immediate response under load, with a batch count of 32 as a guaranteed upper bound to prevent worst-case stalls even under light load.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43292
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1afe45f89d54b7183768ebbbbf14238ec187ab5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efa9c02c9b4c0d6866aa445f11056809b25ca28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5747435e0fd474c24530ef1a6822f47e7d264b27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b351fbe71091f7c8676c8ba597653d08b6719447