Bug 2513159 (CVE-2026-68396) - CVE-2026-68396 kernel: scsi: core: wake eh reliably when using scsi_schedule_eh
Summary: CVE-2026-68396 kernel: scsi: core: wake eh reliably when using scsi_schedule_eh
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68396
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-11 13:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:22:29 UTC
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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