CVE-2026-31586 (GCVE-0-2026-31586)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-24 14:42
Modified
2026-04-27 14:04
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: blk-cgroup: fix use-after-free in cgwb_release_workfn()
cgwb_release_workfn() calls css_put(wb->blkcg_css) and then later accesses
wb->blkcg_css again via blkcg_unpin_online(). If css_put() drops the last
reference, the blkcg can be freed asynchronously (css_free_rwork_fn ->
blkcg_css_free -> kfree) before blkcg_unpin_online() dereferences the
pointer to access blkcg->online_pin, resulting in a use-after-free:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367)
Write of size 4 at addr ff11000117aa6160 by task kworker/71:1/531
Workqueue: cgwb_release cgwb_release_workfn
Call Trace:
<TASK>
blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367)
cgwb_release_workfn (mm/backing-dev.c:629)
process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3278 kernel/workqueue.c:3385)
Freed by task 1016:
kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6246 mm/slub.c:6561)
css_free_rwork_fn (kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5542)
process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3302 kernel/workqueue.c:3385)
** Stack based on commit 66672af7a095 ("Add linux-next specific files
for 20260410")
I am seeing this crash sporadically in Meta fleet across multiple kernel
versions. A full reproducer is available at:
https://github.com/leitao/debug/blob/main/reproducers/repro_blkcg_uaf.sh
(The race window is narrow. To make it easily reproducible, inject a
msleep(100) between css_put() and blkcg_unpin_online() in
cgwb_release_workfn(). With that delay and a KASAN-enabled kernel, the
reproducer triggers the splat reliably in less than a second.)
Fix this by moving blkcg_unpin_online() before css_put(), so the
cgwb's CSS reference keeps the blkcg alive while blkcg_unpin_online()
accesses it.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 59b57717fff8b562825d9d25e0180ad7e8048ca9 Version: 59b57717fff8b562825d9d25e0180ad7e8048ca9 Version: 59b57717fff8b562825d9d25e0180ad7e8048ca9 Version: 59b57717fff8b562825d9d25e0180ad7e8048ca9 Version: 59b57717fff8b562825d9d25e0180ad7e8048ca9 Version: 59b57717fff8b562825d9d25e0180ad7e8048ca9 |
||
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