CVE-2026-90301

ocfs2: o2hb: quiesce negotiate handlers and timeout work

CVE-2026-90301 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90301, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.1
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0059
48th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: o2hb: quiesce negotiate handlers and timeout work Heartbeat regions publish struct o2hb_region as the private data for the NEGO_TIMEOUT and NEGO_APPROVE o2net handlers as soon as make_item() creates the configfs region. The approve handler can call o2hb_arm_timeout(), so a peer can touch the region timeout work before dev_store() has finished building the heartbeat runtime, or after teardown has started to shut that runtime back down. The final configfs put also has to keep reg alive until the last in-flight o2net callback drops its handler reference. o2net_unregister_handler_list() blocks future handler lookups, but it does not wait for sc_rx_work that already passed o2net_handler_get(). That drain needs to cover local listener teardown as well, where the o2net ordered workqueue may already be inside destroy_workqueue(). Fix the lifetime rule in both directions. Initialize the region delayed works before publishing reg through the o2net handler table, keep new or stopping regions non-armable with hr_stopping, and quiesce both delayed works on failed-start and teardown paths even when no heartbeat thread is left to call o2hb_disarm_timeout(). Then unregister handlers before tearing down handler-visible region state and make the drain wait for the active or destroying o2net ordered workqueue before release frees reg. The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path: region lifecycle: late negotiate callback: 1. make_item() registers the 1. o2net_process_message() gets a region handlers before heartbeat handler for reg. dev_store() has built a 2. The callback runs after the lookup runnable heartbeat context. lock is dropped and dereferences reg. 2. A failed start or rmdir 3. An approve or timeout path tries to stops the heartbeat thread, queue reg's delayed work, or release quiesces existing work, and races the callback body after handler drops the final configfs ref. unregister. 3. region_release() must drain 4. The callback or delayed work can handler-visible o2net rx work outlive reg unless lifecycle code before freeing reg. keeps the region non-armable and drains the active-or-destroying o2net workqueue. Validation reproduced this kernel report: KASAN slab-use-after-free in __run_timers+0x22c/0x5b0 Write of size 8 Call trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 print_report+0xce/0x630 __run_timers+0x22c/0x5b0 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x27/0x60 try_to_wake_up+0x191/0xf70 timer_expire_remote+0xae/0xf0 run_timer_softirq+0x19b/0x1a0 handle_softirqs+0x156/0x660 __irq_exit_rcu+0xc4/0x160 irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x80 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 Allocated by task stack: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item+0x3c/0x600

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.115-2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90301 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90301 Sep 23, 2026

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