GHSA-XVV5-HHXW-J52W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-25 12:30 – Updated: 2026-03-25 12:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: core: Fix refcount leak for tagset_refcnt
This leak will cause a hang when tearing down the SCSI host. For example, iscsid hangs with the following call trace:
[130120.652718] scsi_alloc_sdev: Allocation failure during SCSI scanning, some SCSI devices might not be configured
PID: 2528 TASK: ffff9d0408974e00 CPU: 3 COMMAND: "iscsid" #0 [ffffb5b9c134b9e0] __schedule at ffffffff860657d4 #1 [ffffb5b9c134ba28] schedule at ffffffff86065c6f #2 [ffffb5b9c134ba40] schedule_timeout at ffffffff86069fb0 #3 [ffffb5b9c134bab0] __wait_for_common at ffffffff8606674f #4 [ffffb5b9c134bb10] scsi_remove_host at ffffffff85bfe84b #5 [ffffb5b9c134bb30] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy at ffffffffc03031c4 [iscsi_tcp] #6 [ffffb5b9c134bb48] iscsi_if_recv_msg at ffffffffc0292692 [scsi_transport_iscsi] #7 [ffffb5b9c134bb98] iscsi_if_rx at ffffffffc02929c2 [scsi_transport_iscsi] #8 [ffffb5b9c134bbf0] netlink_unicast at ffffffff85e551d6 #9 [ffffb5b9c134bc38] netlink_sendmsg at ffffffff85e554ef
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23296"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-25T11:16:24Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: core: Fix refcount leak for tagset_refcnt\n\nThis leak will cause a hang when tearing down the SCSI host. For example,\niscsid hangs with the following call trace:\n\n[130120.652718] scsi_alloc_sdev: Allocation failure during SCSI scanning, some SCSI devices might not be configured\n\nPID: 2528 TASK: ffff9d0408974e00 CPU: 3 COMMAND: \"iscsid\"\n #0 [ffffb5b9c134b9e0] __schedule at ffffffff860657d4\n #1 [ffffb5b9c134ba28] schedule at ffffffff86065c6f\n #2 [ffffb5b9c134ba40] schedule_timeout at ffffffff86069fb0\n #3 [ffffb5b9c134bab0] __wait_for_common at ffffffff8606674f\n #4 [ffffb5b9c134bb10] scsi_remove_host at ffffffff85bfe84b\n #5 [ffffb5b9c134bb30] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy at ffffffffc03031c4 [iscsi_tcp]\n #6 [ffffb5b9c134bb48] iscsi_if_recv_msg at ffffffffc0292692 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n #7 [ffffb5b9c134bb98] iscsi_if_rx at ffffffffc02929c2 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n #8 [ffffb5b9c134bbf0] netlink_unicast at ffffffff85e551d6\n #9 [ffffb5b9c134bc38] netlink_sendmsg at ffffffff85e554ef",
"id": "GHSA-xvv5-hhxw-j52w",
"modified": "2026-03-25T12:30:22Z",
"published": "2026-03-25T12:30:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23296"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ac22c8eae81366101597d48360718dff9b9d980"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c01b680beaf4d3143866b062b8e770e8b237fb8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944a333c8e4d42256556c1d2ebb6d773a33e0dcd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f5e4abed9248448aa1b45b12ab0bea4d329b56a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03d96598d39fdf605d90731db3ef3b13fb8bdc8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5c17c687b189dbc09dfdec11b669caa40bc395"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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