From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Link Lin <linkl@google.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org,
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rientjes@google.com, duenwen@google.com, jasowang@redhat.com,
xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com,
Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@openresty.com>,
jiaqiyan@google.com, ahwilkins@google.com,
Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>,
Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
jthoughton@google.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:16:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731201559-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALUx4KRoCco0HA=Y_qFzSD=CegbJPUkQkvjRb1Y3UcgRdwQToA@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 01:21:40PM -0700, Link Lin wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > I suspect rest of work items we have, e.g. update_balloon_stats_work/update_balloon_size_work
> > all have issues around freeze/restore and error handling.
> >
> > --
> > MST
> >
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> We have indeed discovered a kernel crash in update_balloon_stats_work
> after the balloon driver failed to resume and initialize in our
> production fleet.
>
> Alex Wilkins <ahwilkins@google.com> diagnosed, root caused, and
> reported this vulnerability.
I wouldn't call this a "vulnerability" just a garden variety bug.
> I am currently drafting and testing a
> 2-patch series to gracefully unregister callbacks and cancel work
> items on resume failure so that the VM continues running without the
> balloon driver instead of crashing with a kernel panic.
>
> I wanted to follow up and let you know that we are actively working on
> this. I will send out the patches to the list as soon as they are
> sufficiently tested.
>
> Best,
> Link
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-01 0:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-21 0:55 [PATCH v3] mm/page_reporting: use system_freezable_wq to fix UAF during suspend Link Lin
2026-07-23 0:36 ` Andrew Morton
2026-07-23 4:07 ` Link Lin
2026-07-23 9:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-07-31 20:21 ` Link Lin
2026-08-01 0:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
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