CVE-2026-90190 (GCVE-0-2026-90190)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:07
Modified
2026-10-19 08:59
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: use DEFINE_MUTEX for the file-scope mutex In null_init(), mutex_init(&lock) currently happens after configfs_register_subsystem(), which exposes the nullb subsystem to userspace. A racing mkdir() into /sys/kernel/config/nullb/ can reach null_find_dev_by_name() -> mutex_lock(&lock) before the mutex is initialized, trigger warning: [ 123.137788] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) [ 123.137796] WARNING: kernel/locking/mutex.c:159 at mutex_lock+0x171/0x1c0, CPU#13: mkdir/1301 [ 123.140090] Modules linked in: null_blk(+) nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 ...... [ 123.154926] Call Trace: [ 123.155172] <TASK> [ 123.155419] ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10 [ 123.156181] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 [ 123.156571] nullb_group_make_group+0x20/0x100 [null_blk] [ 123.157011] configfs_mkdir+0x47b/0xc70 [ 123.157337] ? __pfx_configfs_mkdir+0x10/0x10 [ 123.157719] ? may_create_dentry+0x242/0x2e0 [ 123.158061] vfs_mkdir+0x2a9/0x6c0 [ 123.158352] filename_mkdirat+0x3dc/0x500 [ 123.158710] ? __pfx_filename_mkdirat+0x10/0x10 [ 123.159070] ? strncpy_from_user+0x3a/0x1d0 [ 123.159413] __x64_sys_mkdir+0x6b/0x90 [ 123.159760] do_syscall_64+0xea/0x600 Replace the runtime mutex_init(&lock) with a static DEFINE_MUTEX(lock) declaration to fix this issue.
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Linux Linux Version: 49c3b9266a718dbd73c42e004288b4bb2ea0ac0b
Version: 49c3b9266a718dbd73c42e004288b4bb2ea0ac0b
Version: 49c3b9266a718dbd73c42e004288b4bb2ea0ac0b
Version: 49c3b9266a718dbd73c42e004288b4bb2ea0ac0b
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