scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23292
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b0841eefd9693827afb9888235e26ddd098f9cef < 3161ef61f121d4573cad5b57c92188dcd9b284b3 ; affected b0841eefd9693827afb9888235e26ddd098f9cef < e8ef82cb6443d5f3260b1b830e17f03dda4229ea ; affected b0841eefd9693827afb9888235e26ddd098f9cef < 4fcfa424a581d823cb1a9676e3eefe6ca17e453a ; affected b0841eefd9693827afb9888235e26ddd098f9cef < 9a5641024fbfd9b24fe65984ad85fea10a3ae438 ; affected b0841eefd9693827afb9888235e26ddd098f9cef < 142eacb50fb903a4c10dee7e67b6e79ebb36a582 ; affected b0841eefd9693827afb9888235e26ddd098f9cef < 14d4ac19d1895397532eec407433c5d74d9da53b
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.3 ; unaffected 0 < 5.3 ; unaffected 6.1.167 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.130 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.77 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.17 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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