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CVE-2026-98832

Linux: blk-cgroup: save IRQ state in blkg_tryget_closest()

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.15%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8ccAlso 327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdfCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8ccLinuxCVE List
  • 327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdfLinuxCVE List

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Description

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

blk-cgroup: save IRQ state in blkg_tryget_closest()

bio_set_dev() associates the bio with a blkg through bio_associate_blkg(). If the blkg lookup misses, blkg_tryget_closest() takes q->queue_lock with spin_lock_irq() and releases it with spin_unlock_irq(), which unconditionally enables local interrupts.

Callers may call bio_set_dev() with interrupts already disabled, e.g. dm-thin's pool_map() does so while holding pool->lock taken with spin_lock_irq(). The nested spin_unlock_irq() then enables interrupts while pool->lock is still held, so an I/O completion softirq can run on the same CPU, re-acquire pool->lock (thin_endio(), or overwrite_endio() -> complete_mapping_preparation()) and deadlock. lockdep reports this as inconsistent SOFTIRQ-ON-W to IN-SOFTIRQ-W usage.

Commit 3a762de55b4e ("block: save irq state in blkg_lookup_create()") fixed the same problem while the lock lived in blkg_lookup_create(), but commit 9327a865e395 ("blk-cgroup: don't nest queue_lock under rcu in blkg_lookup_create()") moved the locking into blkg_tryget_closest() and reverted it to spin_lock_irq().

Save and restore the caller's IRQ state instead.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: 9327a865e395a53f67dffac4710beb1d4730495e before 9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8ccCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 9327a865e395a53f67dffac4710beb1d4730495e before 327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdfCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7.2CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.2CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.10 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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