GHSA-cjx2-56hv-4vc4CriticalCVSS 9.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: add missing SRCU grace...

Published
September 16, 2026
Last Modified
October 3, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme: add missing SRCU grace period in error path

nvme_alloc_ns() error path at out_unlink_ns removes ns from the namespace head siblings list with list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings) but does not wait for SRCU readers before freeing the namespace struct. Multipath code iterates the head->list under srcu_read_lock() in nvme_find_path() and nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths(), so a concurrent reader can still hold a reference to ns when kfree(ns) runs.

The normal removal path in nvme_ns_remove() correctly calls synchronize_srcu(&ns->head->srcu) after list_del_rcu() to wait for in-progress readers. Add the same grace period in the error path.

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