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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblock: stop the timeout timer when releasing a never added disk\n\ndisk_release() undoes blk_mq_init_allocated_queue() for a disk whose\nprobe failed before add_disk(), but it only calls blk_mq_exit_queue().\nNothing there stops q-\u003etimeout, and that timer rolls forward: it stays\npending until it next expires, not until the last request completes.\nSo if the driver issued any I/O before adding the disk, the\nrequest_queue is freed while still linked into a timer wheel bucket.\n\nCommit 6f8191fdf41d (\"block: simplify disk shutdown\") dropped the\nblk_cleanup_queue() call that used to stop it.  __del_gendisk() and\nblk_mq_destroy_queue() still do; only the probe failure path lost it.\n\nnvme gets there because nvme_update_ns_info() submits Report Zones or\nFDP io-mgmt-recv on ns-\u003equeue before the disk is added, so a later\nfailure - a concurrent reset setting NVME_CTRL_FROZEN, or\ndevice_add_disk() failing - lands in put_disk() with the timer armed:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in detach_if_pending+0x30c/0x340\n  Write of size 8 at addr ffff888004d71310 by task kworker/u8:2/37\n   __timer_delete_sync+0x156/0x240 kernel/time/timer.c:1621\n   blk_sync_queue+0x22/0x40 block/blk-core.c:222\n   nvme_sync_queues+0x100/0x150 drivers/nvme/host/core.c:5362\n   nvme_reset_work+0x138/0x930 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c:3264\n\n  Allocated by task 34:\n   __blk_mq_alloc_disk+0x33/0x100 block/blk-mq.c:4462\n   nvme_alloc_ns+0x290/0x3870 drivers/nvme/host/core.c:4146\n\n  Freed by task 0:\n   blk_free_queue_rcu+0x3a/0x50 block/blk-core.c:254\n   rcu_core+0xc10/0x1730 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2857\n\nThe queue being synced there is ctrl-\u003eadmin_q, only a victim sharing a\ntimer wheel bucket with the freed queue\u0027s dangling entry; other runs\ntripped in enqueue_timer(), __run_timers() or blk_mq_timeout_work().\nFailing nvme_alloc_ns() with a debug patch makes it deterministic: one\nleaked timer trips KASAN within seconds, while 1987 patched releases\nproduced no splat.\n\nStop the timer and the queue work items before blk_mq_exit_queue(), like\nblk_mq_destroy_queue() does.\n\nFound by FuzzNvme."
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            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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              "value": "AV:N - Exploitation reaches disk_release() via NVMe namespace probing that issues pre-add_disk I/O (FDP io-mgmt-recv, Report Zones) over NVMe-oF TCP/RDMA; a remote or storage-network peer can supply crafted responses during automatic scan/reconnect on cloud/datacenter initiators.\nAC:L - An attacker controlling the NVMe endpoint can reliably time namespace enumeration I/O (arming q-\u003etimeout) with a concurrent probe failure (controller reset/NVME_CTRL_FROZEN or device_add_disk failure); FuzzNvme made this deterministic, and the attacker controls both sides of the race.\nPR:N - No local account or capability is required on the victim host at exploitation time; once an NVMe fabric path exists, a remote/compromised target or storage-network attacker can trigger the probe-failure teardown without CAP_SYS_ADMIN, ioctl, or sysfs access.\nUI:N - The bug fires during automatic kernel namespace scan/reconnect and queue teardown on probe failure; no victim mount, login, or manual device interaction is required beyond normal background storage enumeration.\nS:U - Impact is kernel slab corruption and crashes within the host kernel block layer; it does not cross a VM, container, or IOMMU security boundary even though virtio_blk shares the same pre-add_disk probe pattern.\nC:H - KASAN reports slab use-after-free with an 8-byte write in detach_if_pending on a freed request_queue whose timeout timer remains on the timer wheel; UAF of queue/timer structures enables arbitrary kernel memory disclosure primitives.\nI:H - The dangling timer wheel entry corrupts kernel heap metadata and can affect unrelated queues (e.g., ctrl-\u003eadmin_q in the reported stack); UAF on request_queue/timer state is exploitable for arbitrary write and control-flow hijacking, not merely a crash.\nA:H - Observed impact includes KASAN BUG/oops from timer deletion and queue sync on freed memory; leaked timers also trip in enqueue_timer(), __run_timers(), and blk_mq_timeout_work(), causing kernel panics and denial of service."
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-27T05:02:10.391Z",
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26cb8ebbfaf713c82e142d08828d4d765057633b"
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