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CVE-2026-97410

Linux: netconsole: take target_cleanup_list_lock in drop_netconsole_target()

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in84592ee22f7d1583ce33aa733411ff36c7a1c44cAlso 91aeb87f052367a5a2743cc93777dfb4386f2f14CVE List
Published24 Sep 2026Updated 25 Sep 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 84592ee22f7d1583ce33aa733411ff36c7a1c44cLinuxCVE List
  • 91aeb87f052367a5a2743cc93777dfb4386f2f14LinuxCVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netconsole: take target_cleanup_list_lock in drop_netconsole_target()

drop_netconsole_target() unlinks the target while only holding target_list_lock. However, when the underlying interface has been unregistered, netconsole_netdev_event() moves the target from target_list to target_cleanup_list, and netconsole_process_cleanups_core() walks that list under target_cleanup_list_lock only.

If a user removes the configfs target at the same time the cleanup worker is iterating target_cleanup_list, list_del() can corrupt the list because the two paths take disjoint locks while operating on the same list node.

Acquire target_cleanup_list_lock around the list_del() so the unlink is serialised against netconsole_process_cleanups_core() regardless of which list the target currently belongs to. The state transition that downgrades STATE_DEACTIVATED to STATE_DISABLED is left intact and is performed under the same combined locking, preserving the existing ordering with resume_target().

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: 97714695ef904a4bdba75ca2f339215c0ae2b1fa before 84592ee22f7d1583ce33aa733411ff36c7a1c44cCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 97714695ef904a4bdba75ca2f339215c0ae2b1fa before fe8e6c0a2f28bdab14cdf7eff4dd9755d3793007CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 97714695ef904a4bdba75ca2f339215c0ae2b1fa before 91aeb87f052367a5a2743cc93777dfb4386f2f14CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.12CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.12CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.111 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.53 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2CVE List

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