# CVE-2026-43054: scsi: target: tcm\_loop: Drain commands in target\_reset handler

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: tcm_loop: Drain commands in target_reset handler tcm_loop_target_reset() violates the SCSI EH contract: it returns SUCCESS without draining any in-flight commands. The SCSI EH documentation (scsi_eh.rst) requires that when a reset handler returns SUCCESS the driver has made lower layers "forget about timed out scmds" and is ready for new commands. Every other SCSI LLD (virtio_scsi, mpt3sas, ipr, scsi_debug, mpi3mr) enforces this by draining or completing outstanding commands before returning SUCCESS. Because tcm_loop_target_reset() doesn't drain, the SCSI EH reuses in-flight scsi_cmnd structures for recovery commands (e.g. TUR) while the target core still has async completion work queued for the old se_cmd. The memset in queuecommand zeroes se_lun and lun_ref_active, causing transport_lun_remove_cmd() to skip its percpu_ref_put(). The leaked LUN reference prevents transport_clear_lun_ref() from completing, hanging configfs LUN unlink forever in D-state: INFO: task rm:264 blocked for more than 122 seconds. rm D 0 264 258 0x00004000 Call Trace: __schedule+0x3d0/0x8e0 schedule+0x36/0xf0 transport_clear_lun_ref+0x78/0x90 [target_core_mod] core_tpg_remove_lun+0x28/0xb0 [target_core_mod] target_fabric_port_unlink+0x50/0x60 [target_core_mod] configfs_unlink+0x156/0x1f0 [configfs] vfs_unlink+0x109/0x290 do_unlinkat+0x1d5/0x2d0 Fix this by making tcm_loop_target_reset() actually drain commands: 1. Issue TMR_LUN_RESET via tcm_loop_issue_tmr() to drain all commands that the target core knows about (those not yet CMD_T_COMPLETE). 2. Use blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter() to iterate all started requests and flush_work() on each se_cmd — this drains any deferred completion work for commands that already had CMD_T_COMPLETE set before the TMR (which the TMR skips via __target_check_io_state()). This is the same pattern used by mpi3mr, scsi_debug, and libsas to drain outstanding commands during reset.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/757c43c692294cdfad31390accc0e90429b2ef8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103f79e4949513247d763c6e7f3cbbf62017afdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15f5241d5a52364a7e7867b49128b0442dbcad9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cbd69aaa507b1245240a28022bf5da0f07c68d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a836054ea81014117ec6b73529a21626a9e1f829
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ac3754467363558a0a54ae4bb7c89b2c9574cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1333eee56cdf3f0cf67c6ab4114c2c9e0a952026

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