CVE-2026-90182

blk-iocost: clear delay state when freeing policy data

CVE-2026-90182 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90182, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
10th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iocost: clear delay state when freeing policy data iocg_kick_delay() turns sufficiently large debt into an explicit block-cgroup delay with blkcg_set_delay(), setting blkg->use_delay to -1 and incrementing blkcg->congestion_count. Clearing it again depends on iocg_kick_delay() running from the period timer, the waitq timer or the issue path. ioc_pd_free() removes the iocg from active_iocgs and cancels its waitq timer, and no further bios can arrive, so once it has run nothing is left which can reduce the debt and clear the delay. The blkcg stays marked congested for the rest of its life. blk_cgroup_congested() then returns true for every task in that cgroup and its descendants: page_cache_sync_ra() cuts readahead to a single page, page_cache_async_ra() skips it altogether, and __folio_throttle_swaprate() takes swap_avail_lock and schedules a throttle on anonymous folio allocation. Clear it explicitly, after the list removal and the synchronous hrtimer_cancel() so that neither timer processing nor an I/O path can re-arm it. The free callback can also see policy data which was never attached to a blkg, hence the pd->blkg check.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.25 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.115-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90182 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90182 Sep 23, 2026

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