CVE-2026-23292
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() In flush_write_buffer, &p->frag_sem is acquired and then the loaded store function is called, which, here, is target_core_item_dbroot_store(). This function called filp_open(), following which these functions were called (in reverse order), according to the call trace: down_read __configfs_open_file do_dentry_open vfs_open do_open path_openat do_filp_open file_open_name filp_open target_core_item_dbroot_store flush_write_buffer configfs_write_iter target_core_item_dbroot_store() tries to validate the new file path by trying to open the file path provided to it; however, in this case, the bug report shows: db_root: not a directory: /sys/kernel/config/target/dbroot indicating that the same configfs file was tried to be opened, on which it is currently working on. Thus, it is trying to acquire frag_sem semaphore of the same file of which it already holds the semaphore obtained in flush_write_buffer(), leading to acquiring the semaphore in a nested manner and a possibility of recursive locking. Fix this by modifying target_core_item_dbroot_store() to use kern_path() instead of filp_open() to avoid opening the file using filesystem-specific function __configfs_open_file(), and further modifying it to make this fix compatible.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.3 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | 4.10 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.85-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.19.8-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.19.8-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 6.1.170-1~deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.170-1 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/142eacb50fb903a4c10dee7e67b6e79ebb36a582
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d4ac19d1895397532eec407433c5d74d9da53b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3161ef61f121d4573cad5b57c92188dcd9b284b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fcfa424a581d823cb1a9676e3eefe6ca17e453a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5641024fbfd9b24fe65984ad85fea10a3ae438
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ef82cb6443d5f3260b1b830e17f03dda4229ea
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23292.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23292
CWEs
CWE-674
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