CVE-2024-26627

scsi: core: Move scsi_host_busy() out of host lock for waking up EH handler

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 6, 2024 at 06:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: Move scsi_host_busy() out of host lock for waking up EH handler Inside scsi_eh_wakeup(), scsi_host_busy() is called & checked with host lock every time for deciding if error handler kthread needs to be waken up. This can be too heavy in case of recovery, such as: - N hardware queues - queue depth is M for each hardware queue - each scsi_host_busy() iterates over (N * M) tag/requests If recovery is triggered in case that all requests are in-flight, each scsi_eh_wakeup() is strictly serialized, when scsi_eh_wakeup() is called for the last in-flight request, scsi_host_busy() has been run for (N * M - 1) times, and request has been iterated for (N*M - 1) * (N * M) times. If both N and M are big enough, hard lockup can be triggered on acquiring host lock, and it is observed on mpi3mr(128 hw queues, queue depth 8169). Fix the issue by calling scsi_host_busy() outside the host lock. We don't need the host lock for getting busy count because host the lock never covers that. [mkp: Drop unnecessary 'busy' variables pointed out by Bart]

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1495.16 ≤ v < 6.1.775.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2105.5 ≤ v < 5.15.1495.5 ≤ v < 6.1.775.5 ≤ v < 6.6.165.5 ≤ v < 6.7.45.5 ≤ v < 6.86.2 ≤ v < 6.6.166.7 ≤ v < 6.7.46.8 rc16.8 rc26eb045e092efefafc6687409a6fa6d1dabf0fb69
Vendor states this is fixed in 07e3ca0f17f579491b5f54e9ed05173d6c1d6fcb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4373534a9850627a2695317944898eb1283a2db0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 65ead8468c21c2676d4d06f50b46beffdea69df1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d37c1c81419fdef66ebd0747cf76fb8b7d979059 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in db6338f45971b4285ea368432a84033690eaf53c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f5944853f7a961fedc1227dc8f60393f8936d37c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.149 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.77 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (7)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e3ca0f17f579491b5f54e9ed05173d6c1d6fcb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4373534a9850627a2695317944898eb1283a2db0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ead8468c21c2676d4d06f50b46beffdea69df1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d37c1c81419fdef66ebd0747cf76fb8b7d979059
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db6338f45971b4285ea368432a84033690eaf53c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5944853f7a961fedc1227dc8f60393f8936d37c
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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