UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-90325
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: skip dying blkg in blkcg_activate_policy() When switching IO schedulers on a b
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-cgroup: skip dying blkg in blkcg_activate_policy()
When switching IO schedulers on a block device, blkcg_activate_policy()
can race with concurrent blkcg deletion, leading to a use-after-free in
rcu_accelerate_cbs.
T1: T2:
blkg_destroy
kill(&blkg->refcnt) // blkg->refcnt=1->0
blkg_release // call_rcu(__blkg_release)
...
blkg_free_workfn
->pd_free_fn(pd)
elv_iosched_store
elevator_switch
...
iterate blkg list
blkg_get(blkg) // blkg->refcnt=0->1
list_del_init(&blkg->q_node)
blkg_put(pinned_blkg) // blkg->refcnt=1->0
blkg_release // call_rcu again
rcu_accelerate_cbs // uaf
Fix this by checking hlist_unhashed(&blkg->blkcg_node) before getting
a reference to the blkg. This is the same check used in blkg_destroy()
to detect if a blkg has already been destroyed. If the blkg is already
unhashed, skip processing it since it's being destroyed.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/083b58373463a6e5ee60ecb135269348f68ad7df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a267295b1ea6a6477963f3fda84adfecd48fcad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8c3da95c75a4d312e272fc7b4076dd3ba9115c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9220389920f33b6a804d50c548cd0cd1b04634
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7337d012ca3fc3a6a2d1c8e2a19c6d97c38b410d
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-17 via NVD.
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