CVE-2026-90326

blk-cgroup: fix race between policy activation and blkg destruction

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:08 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix race between policy activation and blkg destruction When switching an IO scheduler on a block device, blkcg_activate_policy() allocates blkg_policy_data (pd) for all blkgs attached to the queue. However, blkcg_activate_policy() may race with concurrent blkcg deletion, leading to use-after-free and memory leak issues. The use-after-free occurs in the following race: T1 (blkcg_activate_policy): - Successfully allocates pd for blkg1 (loop0->queue, blkcgA) - Fails to allocate pd for blkg2 (loop0->queue, blkcgB) - Enters the enomem rollback path to release blkg1 resources T2 (blkcg deletion): - blkcgA is deleted concurrently - blkg1 is freed via blkg_free_workfn() - blkg1->pd is freed T1 (continued): - Rollback path accesses blkg1->pd->online after pd is freed - Triggers use-after-free In addition, blkg_free_workfn() frees pd before removing the blkg from q->blkg_list. This allows blkcg_activate_policy() to allocate a new pd for a blkg that is being destroyed, leaving the newly allocated pd unreachable when the blkg is finally freed. Fix these races by extending blkcg_mutex coverage to serialize blkcg_activate_policy() rollback and blkg destruction, ensuring pd lifecycle is synchronized with blkg list visibility.

Affected

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

6.1.166.2.36.381c1188905f88b77743d1fdeeedfc8cb7b67787dbfe46d2efe46c5c952f982e2ca94fe2ec5e58e2af1c006f1c6850c14040f8337753a63119bba39b9
Vendor states this is fixed in 083b58373463a6e5ee60ecb135269348f68ad7df (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2cf9f50a38c1839e549a08e22aa35e8d69e2c8fd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5313d4d41739b0cb63000747c97bb1217ac45f3e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ac34e655dffa74349d885a43d098115336f53842 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5dae1cd0d8368b4338430ff93403df67f0b8bcc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (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)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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