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CVE-2026-90185NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with the lock
The NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR _store takes no lock: apply_fn attributes
(submit_queues, poll_queues) get dev->NAME written again after apply_fn
returns, outside its lock; APPLY=NULL attributes are entirely lockless.
configfs only serializes stores per-open-file, so concurrent stores on
separate fds race.
For apply_fn attributes, once one store's apply_fn has reconfigured the
hardware, a second (losing) store can still overwrite dev->NAME
afterwards. This leaves dev->submit_queues out of sync with the live
queue count, which is later caught by the WARN_ON_ONCE() in
null_map_queues().
For !apply_fn attributes, power_store()'s null_add_dev() validates and
builds the device under "lock" but only sets CONFIGURED afterwards. A store
slipping in during this window can change a field mid-setup -- for example,
zone_nr_conv can be pushed above nr_zones after it has already been
clamped, leading to an out-of-bounds dev->zones[] access.
Take "lock" in the macro around the apply_fn call, the CONFIGURED test and
the field write, and move it out of nullb_apply_submit_queues()/
nullb_apply_poll_queues() so both paths are covered once. This serializes
stores with power_store's setup and with each other.
null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with the lock
The NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR _store takes no lock: apply_fn attributes
(submit_queues, poll_queues) get dev->NAME written again after apply_fn
returns, outside its lock; APPLY=NULL attributes are entirely lockless.
configfs only serializes stores per-open-file, so concurrent stores on
separate fds race.
For apply_fn attributes, once one store's apply_fn has reconfigured the
hardware, a second (losing) store can still overwrite dev->NAME
afterwards. This leaves dev->submit_queues out of sync with the live
queue count, which is later caught by the WARN_ON_ONCE() in
null_map_queues().
For !apply_fn attributes, power_store()'s null_add_dev() validates and
builds the device under "lock" but only sets CONFIGURED afterwards. A store
slipping in during this window can change a field mid-setup -- for example,
zone_nr_conv can be pushed above nr_zones after it has already been
clamped, leading to an out-of-bounds dev->zones[] access.
Take "lock" in the macro around the apply_fn call, the CONFIGURED test and
the field write, and move it out of nullb_apply_submit_queues()/
nullb_apply_poll_queues() so both paths are covered once. This serializes
stores with power_store's setup and with each other.
Affected & Patched Versions
- Linux Linux >= 45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae3 and < 8e839ed5210399a0330a8a6c5885c1d40a537c6d
- Linux Linux >= 45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae3 and < 88d806d0e1d36246208386a8e55b511c1b3d647c
- Linux Linux >= 45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae3 and < 3945ce8cbce4e328e6fdf0b522dc71e340de19db
- Linux Linux >= 45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae3 and < 65cae82fd3c39b53430672cb9e3ecd267471a6ce
- Linux Linux >= 45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae3 and < c70994c2862b05e44728912b2ea9487d31e2aea7
- Linux Linux >= 45919fbfe1c487c17ea1d198534339a5e8abeae3 and < 7e7fff51808237703a3a1df6dd5cae1dfd1db86d
- Linux Linux >= 5.5
- Linux Linux 8e839ed5210399a0330a8a6c5885c1d40a537c6d
- Linux Linux 88d806d0e1d36246208386a8e55b511c1b3d647c
- Linux Linux 3945ce8cbce4e328e6fdf0b522dc71e340de19db
- Linux Linux 65cae82fd3c39b53430672cb9e3ecd267471a6ce
- Linux Linux c70994c2862b05e44728912b2ea9487d31e2aea7
- Linux Linux 7e7fff51808237703a3a1df6dd5cae1dfd1db86d
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e839ed5210399a0330a8a6c5885c1d40a537c6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d806d0e1d36246208386a8e55b511c1b3d647c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3945ce8cbce4e328e6fdf0b522dc71e340de19db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65cae82fd3c39b53430672cb9e3ecd267471a6ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c70994c2862b05e44728912b2ea9487d31e2aea7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7fff51808237703a3a1df6dd5cae1dfd1db86d