CVE-2026-64103
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: isci: Fix use-after-free in device removal path
The ISCI completion tasklet is initialized in isci_host_alloc()
(drivers/scsi/isci/init.c:496) and scheduled from both MSI-X and legacy
interrupt handlers (drivers/scsi/isci/host.c:223,613).
isci_host_deinit() stops the controller and waits for stop completion,
but it never kills completion_tasklet before teardown continues. A
top-of-function tasklet_kill() is not sufficient here: interrupts are
only disabled when isci_host_stop_complete() runs, so until
wait_for_stop() returns the IRQ handlers can still requeue the
tasklet. The tasklet callback also re-enables interrupts after draining
completions, so killing the tasklet before the source is quiesced leaves
the same race open.
Once wait_for_stop() returns, no further IRQ-driven scheduling can
occur. Kill completion_tasklet there so teardown cannot race a queued
tasklet running on a dead ihost. On remove or unload, the stale callback
can otherwise dereference ihost and touch ihost->smu_registers after the
host lifetime ends.
A UML + KASAN analogue reproduced the failure class both with no
tasklet_kill() and with tasklet_kill() placed before source quiesce, and
stayed clean once the kill happened after quiescing the scheduling
source.
This mirrors commit f6ab594672d4 ("scsi: aic94xx: fix use-after-free in
device removal path"), but ISCI needs the kill after wait_for_stop().
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple kernel flaws including NTFS file system out-of-bounds read, AMD processor floating point unit data exposure, and AMD Zen 2 operation cache isolation failure.
- Who is affected
- Systems running affected Linux kernel versions; local attackers on systems with NTFS mounted or AMD processors.
- Urgency
- Moderate to high — local attackers can gain privilege escalation and information disclosure; apply patches promptly.
- Action
- Apply kernel security updates provided by distribution maintainer.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (19)
- unknownUSN-8729-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-09-07
- unknownexploitedUSN-8728-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-09-07
- unknownUSN-8668-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-08-21
- unknownUSN-8664-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-08-20
- unknownUSN-8663-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-08-20
- unknownUSN-8620-4: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-31
- unknownUSN-8620-3: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-31
- unknownUSN-8620-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-29
- highUSN-8620-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-28
- highUSN-8618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-28
- highUSN-8610-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- highUSN-8575-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- highUSN-8603-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- highUSN-8576-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-23
- highUSN-8575-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-23
- highUSN-8593-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-23
- highUSN-8576-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-21
- highUSN-8575-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-21
- unknownCVE-2026-64103: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: isci: Fix use-after-…nvd · 2026-07-19
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