Bug 2536639 (CVE-2026-90209) - CVE-2026-90209 kernel: s390/debug: Fix deadlock during unregister
Summary: CVE-2026-90209 kernel: s390/debug: Fix deadlock during unregister
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90209
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 19:00 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 13:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 19:00:38 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/debug: Fix deadlock during unregister

Unregistering an s390dbf debug area while one of the associated debugfs
files is being written to can cause a deadlock:

$ echo >.../vmur/level    $ rmmod vmur
===================================================
debugfs write
debugfs_file_get()
                          debug_unregister()
                          mutex_lock(debug_mutex)
                          debugfs_remove()
                          wait for debugfs_file_put()
debug_file_ops.write()
debug_input()
mutex_lock(debug_mutex) ==> DEADLOCK

Fix this by splitting debug_unregister() into an s390dbf and debugfs
part, and running only the s390dbf part with debug_mutex locked.


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