# CVE-2026-98832: blk-cgroup: save IRQ state in blkg\_tryget\_closest()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 9327a865e395a53f67dffac4710beb1d4730495e, fixed in 9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8cc; from 9327a865e395a53f67dffac4710beb1d4730495e, fixed in 327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdf
- Linux: 7.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: save IRQ state in blkg_tryget_closest() bio_set_dev() associates the bio with a blkg through bio_associate_blkg(). If the blkg lookup misses, blkg_tryget_closest() takes q->queue_lock with spin_lock_irq() and releases it with spin_unlock_irq(), which unconditionally enables local interrupts. Callers may call bio_set_dev() with interrupts already disabled, e.g. dm-thin's pool_map() does so while holding pool->lock taken with spin_lock_irq(). The nested spin_unlock_irq() then enables interrupts while pool->lock is still held, so an I/O completion softirq can run on the same CPU, re-acquire pool->lock (thin_endio(), or overwrite_endio() -> complete_mapping_preparation()) and deadlock. lockdep reports this as inconsistent SOFTIRQ-ON-W to IN-SOFTIRQ-W usage. Commit 3a762de55b4e ("block: save irq state in blkg_lookup_create()") fixed the same problem while the lock lived in blkg_lookup_create(), but commit 9327a865e395 ("blk-cgroup: don't nest queue_lock under rcu in blkg_lookup_create()") moved the locking into blkg_tryget_closest() and reverted it to spin_lock_irq(). Save and restore the caller's IRQ state instead.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fcf4317384ce6758c3127a6e8914c54cbb9c8cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327c428ba79b13e4cc5253333a9d5c0aa5579bdf

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