{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-98832", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.372Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:49:36.925Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:26:24.782Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:26:24.782Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblk-cgroup: save IRQ state in blkg_tryget_closest()\n\nbio_set_dev() associates the bio with a blkg through bio_associate_blkg().\nIf the blkg lookup misses, blkg_tryget_closest() takes q->queue_lock with\nspin_lock_irq() and releases it with spin_unlock_irq(), which\nunconditionally enables local interrupts.\n\nCallers may call bio_set_dev() with interrupts already disabled, e.g.\ndm-thin's pool_map() does so while holding pool->lock taken with\nspin_lock_irq(). The nested spin_unlock_irq() then enables interrupts\nwhile pool->lock is still held, so an I/O completion softirq can run on\nthe same CPU, re-acquire pool->lock (thin_endio(), or overwrite_endio()\n-> complete_mapping_preparation()) and deadlock. lockdep reports this\nas inconsistent SOFTIRQ-ON-W to IN-SOFTIRQ-W usage.\n\nCommit 3a762de55b4e (\"block: save irq state in blkg_lookup_create()\")\nfixed the same problem while the lock lived in blkg_lookup_create(), but\ncommit 9327a865e395 (\"blk-cgroup: don't nest queue_lock under rcu in\nblkg_lookup_create()\") moved the locking into blkg_tryget_closest() and\nreverted it to spin_lock_irq().\n\nSave and restore the caller's IRQ state instead." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "block/blk-cgroup.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "9327a865e395a53f67dffac4710beb1d4730495e", "lessThan": "9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8cc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9327a865e395a53f67dffac4710beb1d4730495e", "lessThan": "327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "block/blk-cgroup.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7.2", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "7.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.2", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.2", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8cc" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdf" } ], "title": "blk-cgroup: save IRQ state in blkg_tryget_closest()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }