CVE-2026-93073

dax: read holder_ops once in dax_holder_notify_failure()

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax: read holder_ops once in dax_holder_notify_failure() dax_holder_notify_failure() reads dax_dev->holder_ops twice without READ_ONCE() -- once for the NULL check and once for the indirect notify_failure() call. A concurrent fs_put_dax() can clear holder_ops between the two reads, so the check can observe a non-NULL pointer while the call dereferences NULL. (kill_dax() also clears holder_ops, but only after synchronize_srcu(), so it cannot race a reader that is inside dax_read_lock(); fs_put_dax() does no such synchronization.) Fetch holder_ops once into a local with READ_ONCE() so the NULL check and the indirect call observe the same value.

Affected

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

6.08012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522
Vendor states this is fixed in 0a42180d5410c98829ee72d1d426fb7faf9e6873 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1661b9bf78def01a8c96409569772d9b2592f4ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a37acecc7c29136235cbc446a1b89e81414344b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7ae9d15bdcde0f2955ae13b6a95587f9e23b2359 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eb412f80311fc7ab6eb3203091a3fe59a5e9fd30 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ee1251621d1c7cf3155c6704542cbb358d799968 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (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)

Remediation

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