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CVE-2026-23292 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/142eacb50fb903a4c10dee7e67b6e79ebb36a582 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d4ac19d1895397532eec407433c5d74d9da53b kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3161ef61f121d4573cad5b57c92188dcd9b284b3 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fcfa424a581d823cb1a9676e3eefe6ca17e453a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5641024fbfd9b24fe65984ad85fea10a3ae438 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ef82cb6443d5f3260b1b830e17f03dda4229ea kernel.org

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-23292
NVD Published Date:
03/25/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/25/2026
Source:
kernel.org