# CVE-2026-64112: rbd: eliminate a race in lock\_dwork draining on unmap

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from fd22aef8b47cfc068448df65c1183698b0abd815, fixed in 3427d7ae38337066ce88b68302e285d344ab756b; from fd22aef8b47cfc068448df65c1183698b0abd815, fixed in 9dcd4f5c99b491c37be90b0bd9988db48225fb75; from fd22aef8b47cfc068448df65c1183698b0abd815, fixed in 9400efc76b42c751211974a25c91d2c19c65b01b; from fd22aef8b47cfc068448df65c1183698b0abd815, fixed in 9fc75b71fdd38465c76c6f6a884cdd4ae3c72d90
- Linux: 4.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.12.0, fixed in 6.12.92; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.34; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.0.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rbd: eliminate a race in lock_dwork draining on unmap Given how rbd_lock_add_request() and rbd_img_exclusive_lock() are written, lock_dwork may be (re)queued more than it's actually needed: for example in case a new I/O request comes in while we are in the middle of rbd_acquire_lock() on behalf of another I/O request. This is expected and with rbd_release_lock() preemptively canceling lock_dwork is benign under normal operation. A more problematic example is maybe_kick_acquire(): if (have_requests || delayed_work_pending(&rbd_dev->lock_dwork)) { dout("%s rbd_dev %p kicking lock_dwork\n", __func__, rbd_dev); mod_delayed_work(rbd_dev->task_wq, &rbd_dev->lock_dwork, 0); } It's not unrealistic for lock_dwork to get canceled right after delayed_work_pending() returns true and for mod_delayed_work() to requeue it right there anyway. This is a classic TOCTOU race. When it comes to unmapping the image, there is an implicit assumption of no self-initiated exclusive lock activity past the point of return from rbd_dev_image_unlock() which unlocks the lock if it happens to be held. This unlock is assumed to be final and lock_dwork (as well as all other exclusive lock tasks, really) isn't expected to get queued again. However, lock_dwork is canceled only in cancel_tasks_sync() (i.e. later in the unmap sequence) and on top of that the cancellation can get in effect nullified by maybe_kick_acquire(). This may result in rbd_acquire_lock() executing after rbd_dev_device_release() and rbd_dev_image_release() run and free and/or reset a bunch of things. One of the possible failure modes then is a violated rbd_assert(rbd_image_format_valid(rbd_dev->image_format)); in rbd_dev_header_info() which is called via rbd_dev_refresh() from rbd_post_acquire_action(). Redo exclusive lock task draining to provide saner semantics and try to meet the assumptions around rbd_dev_image_unlock().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3427d7ae38337066ce88b68302e285d344ab756b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dcd4f5c99b491c37be90b0bd9988db48225fb75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9400efc76b42c751211974a25c91d2c19c65b01b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc75b71fdd38465c76c6f6a884cdd4ae3c72d90

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