Bug 2516913 (CVE-2026-74273) - CVE-2026-74273 kernel: cxl/region: Block region delete during region creation
Summary: CVE-2026-74273 kernel: cxl/region: Block region delete during region creation
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74273
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:40 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-20 13:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:40:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/region: Block region delete during region creation

Expand the range lock, rename it "regions_lock", to disable region deletion
in the critical period between construct_region() and attach_target(), as
well as the period between device_add() and registering the remove actions.

Otherwise, userspace can confuse the kernel. It can violate the assumption
the region stays registered through the completion of cxl_add_to_region().
It can violate the assumption that devm_add_action_or_reset() is working
with a live 'struct cxl_region'.

It is ok for the region to disappear outside of those windows as that
mirrors device hotplug flows where the proper locks are held.


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