CVE-2026-90326

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This allows blkcg_activate_policy() to allocate a new pd\nfor a blkg that is being destroyed, leaving the newly allocated pd\nunreachable when the blkg is finally freed.\n\nFix these races by extending blkcg_mutex coverage to serialize\nblkcg_activate_policy() rollback and blkg destruction, ensuring pd\nlifecycle is synchronized with blkg list visibility."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The triggering operations are local cgroupfs writes: tg_set_limit() (io.max) or iolatency_set_limit() (io.latency) call blk_throtl_init()/blk_iolatency_init() then blkcg_activate_policy(), while cgroup_rmdir() runs blkcg_css_offline() into blkg_free_workfn(); elv_iosched_store() is an alternate local sysfs path. No remote protocol carries the race inputs.\nAC:L - The attacker drives both sides: one thread writes io.max/io.latency so blkcg_activate_policy() attaches pd without q->blkcg_mutex, while another rmdirs sibling blkcgs so blkg_free_workfn() calls pd_free_fn() on the same blkg->pd[] before list_del. That interleaving does not depend on GFP_KERNEL failure; the documented enomem rollback UAF on pd->online is an extra window the attacker can retry.\nPR:L - tg_set_limit() and iolatency_set_limit() have no capable() check; io.max/io.latency are CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT S_IWUSR files, and blkg_conf_open_bdev() uses blkdev_get_no_open() with no device permission check. A delegated cgroup-v2 subtree owner (typical systemd user slice or rootless container) can write those files and rmdir child cgroups; scheduler sysfs is a stricter alternate path.\nUI:N - The attacker writes io.max/io.latency in cgroups they own and rmdirs those cgroups themselves; no other user must mount a device, open a file, or otherwise participate.\nS:U - The UAF corrupts kernel blkg_policy_data (throtl_grp/iolatency_grp) in the host io controller; impact stays in the kernel's authority and does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or other security boundary.\nC:H - blkg_free_workfn() frees blkg->pd[] while the object remains on q->blkg_list, so blkcg_activate_policy()'s enomem path reads pd->online and pd_offline_fn() (throtl_pd_offline()/tg_flush_bios()) walks the freed throtl_grp; spraying the slab reclaims that object for an arbitrary kernel read.\nI:H - The same freed pd is written (pd->online = false) and passed to pol->pd_free_fn() again (throtl_pd_free() does timer_delete_sync() and call_rcu()), a double-free of throtl_grp/iolatency_grp that yields a kernel write/control-flow primitive.\nA:H - Use-after-free and double-free of blkg_policy_data in blkcg_activate_policy() versus blkg_free_workfn() oops/panic the kernel even when not turned into a full memory primitive."}]}], "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": "81c1188905f88b77743d1fdeeedfc8cb7b67787d", "lessThan": "b5dae1cd0d8368b4338430ff93403df67f0b8bcc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "bfe46d2efe46c5c952f982e2ca94fe2ec5e58e2a", "lessThan": "083b58373463a6e5ee60ecb135269348f68ad7df", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f1c006f1c6850c14040f8337753a63119bba39b9", "lessThan": "17c18a0df70c2b89ff7fcd74622f1540e98d00fd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f1c006f1c6850c14040f8337753a63119bba39b9", "lessThan": "91062e3a9ed251726df4e20ff9a1113f1c8ded59", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f1c006f1c6850c14040f8337753a63119bba39b9", "lessThan": "ac34e655dffa74349d885a43d098115336f53842", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f1c006f1c6850c14040f8337753a63119bba39b9", "lessThan": "2cf9f50a38c1839e549a08e22aa35e8d69e2c8fd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f1c006f1c6850c14040f8337753a63119bba39b9", "lessThan": "5313d4d41739b0cb63000747c97bb1217ac45f3e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "6.1.16", "lessThan": "6.1.17", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.2.3", "lessThan": "6.2.4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"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": "6.3", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.17", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.52", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.6", "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": "6.1.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.17"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.52"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.6"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.3", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5dae1cd0d8368b4338430ff93403df67f0b8bcc"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/083b58373463a6e5ee60ecb135269348f68ad7df"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17c18a0df70c2b89ff7fcd74622f1540e98d00fd"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91062e3a9ed251726df4e20ff9a1113f1c8ded59"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac34e655dffa74349d885a43d098115336f53842"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf9f50a38c1839e549a08e22aa35e8d69e2c8fd"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5313d4d41739b0cb63000747c97bb1217ac45f3e"}], "title": "blk-cgroup: fix race between policy activation and blkg destruction", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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