Description
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().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < 1412995e10c74644b47f242aea6e4f3d4180e806; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < a83d3e4daba40d49324cec1c51ed261e1ea48cf1; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < ab2266601a875982f2d2033f41e070a6d5e615e2; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < 309c6058622d080fe8c2fab87c30da82d834d989; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < cb9e72c50e6c81a5903f27e0b397ce8525d7539b; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < b9ff8631006233ba246828ac70409d2cb2da38d3; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < 6d40f2f103bb30f52f3dbadbe2c3fdf274a9763c; >= 6f231dda68080759f1aed3769896e94c73099f0f, < b52a8d52c3125ec9a93106ed816582368de34426 |
| Linux | Linux | 3.0 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1412995e10c74644b47f242aea6e4f3d4180e806Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309c6058622d080fe8c2fab87c30da82d834d989Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d40f2f103bb30f52f3dbadbe2c3fdf274a9763cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a83d3e4daba40d49324cec1c51ed261e1ea48cf1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab2266601a875982f2d2033f41e070a6d5e615e2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52a8d52c3125ec9a93106ed816582368de34426Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ff8631006233ba246828ac70409d2cb2da38d3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9e72c50e6c81a5903f27e0b397ce8525d7539bPatch
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 6, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed