CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68396

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's SCSI subsystem, there is an issue with waking the error handler thread when using scsi_schedule_eh. Lack of enforced memory ordering can cause the thread to never wake up when all commands are inactive or timed out.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to I/O operations hanging and lack of error response, affecting system availability.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that moves scsi_eh_wakeup to a separate work item using RCU.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: core: wake eh reliably when using scsi_schedule_eh Drivers which use the scsi_schedule_eh function to run the error handler currently risk the error handler thread never waking once all commands are timed out or inactive. There is no enforced memory order between setting the host into error recovery state and counting busy commands. This can result in a race with scsi_dec_host_busy where neither CPU sees both conditions of all commands inactive and the host error state to request waking the error handler. To fix this, run the scsi_schedule_eh's scsi_eh_wakeup from a new work item which will use rcu to ensure scsi_schedule_eh's call to scsi_host_busy will occur after the error state is globally visible and will be seen by any current scsi_dec_host_busy callers.

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