CVE-2026-90185

null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with the lock

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:07 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with the lock The NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR _store takes no lock: apply_fn attributes (submit_queues, poll_queues) get dev->NAME written again after apply_fn returns, outside its lock; APPLY=NULL attributes are entirely lockless. configfs only serializes stores per-open-file, so concurrent stores on separate fds race. For apply_fn attributes, once one store's apply_fn has reconfigured the hardware, a second (losing) store can still overwrite dev->NAME afterwards. This leaves dev->submit_queues out of sync with the live queue count, which is later caught by the WARN_ON_ONCE() in null_map_queues(). For !apply_fn attributes, power_store()'s null_add_dev() validates and builds the device under "lock" but only sets CONFIGURED afterwards. A store slipping in during this window can change a field mid-setup -- for example, zone_nr_conv can be pushed above nr_zones after it has already been clamped, leading to an out-of-bounds dev->zones[] access. Take "lock" in the macro around the apply_fn call, the CONFIGURED test and the field write, and move it out of nullb_apply_submit_queues()/ nullb_apply_poll_queues() so both paths are covered once. This serializes stores with power_store's setup and with each other.

Affected

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

45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae35.5
Vendor states this is fixed in 3945ce8cbce4e328e6fdf0b522dc71e340de19db (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 65cae82fd3c39b53430672cb9e3ecd267471a6ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7e7fff51808237703a3a1df6dd5cae1dfd1db86d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 88d806d0e1d36246208386a8e55b511c1b3d647c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e839ed5210399a0330a8a6c5885c1d40a537c6d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c70994c2862b05e44728912b2ea9487d31e2aea7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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