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Zswap is a Linux kernel feature that provides a compressed cache for swap pages, keeping them in memory to avoid slower disk I/O. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover recent developments including per-cgroup writeback controls that allow fine-grained management of memory compression for containers and VMs, as well as a security vulnerability (CVE-2025-21693) involving a use-after-free in the zswap compression path triggered by CPU hot-unplug. These topics highlight zswap's role in improving memory efficiency and system responsiveness under pressure, with implications for Linux workloads in enterprise, cloud, and WSL2 environments.
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    Linux zswap per-cgroup writeback enables memory compression for containers and VMs

    Linux is adopting a subtle but powerful tweak to its in‑kernel compressed‑swap subsystem — zswap — that gives administrators and container orchestrators fine‑grained control to keep cold pages compressed in RAM instead of writing them to disk, a capability Windows has provided system‑wide for...
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    Linux zswap UAF CVE-2025-21693: CPU hotplug fix with mutex

    The Linux kernel has a newly cataloged use‑after‑free in the zswap compression path—tracked as CVE‑2025‑21693—that can be triggered when a CPU is hot‑unplugged while compression or decompression is still using per‑CPU resources, allowing those resources to be freed under active use and producing...
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