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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2021-47192 EUVD-2021-33840GHSA-f834-hvgh-g5v9

scsi: core: sysfs: Fix hang when device state is set via sysfs

Published Apr 10, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: core: sysfs: Fix hang when device state is set via sysfs

This fixes a regression added with:

commit f0f82e2476f6 ("scsi: core: Fix capacity set to zero after
offlinining device")

The problem is that after iSCSI recovery, iscsid will call into the kernel
to set the dev's state to running, and with that patch we now call
scsi_rescan_device() with the state_mutex held. If the SCSI error handler
thread is just starting to test the device in scsi_send_eh_cmnd() then it's
going to try to grab the state_mutex.

We are then stuck, because when scsi_rescan_device() tries to send its I/O
scsi_queue_rq() calls -> scsi_host_queue_ready() -> scsi_host_in_recovery()
which will return true (the host state is still in recovery) and I/O will
just be requeued. scsi_send_eh_cmnd() will then never be able to grab the
state_mutex to finish error handling.

To prevent the deadlock move the rescan-related code to after we drop the
state_mutex.

This also adds a check for if we are already in the running state. This
prevents extra scans and helps the iscsid case where if the transport class
has already onlined the device during its recovery process then we don't
need userspace to do it again plus possibly block that daemon.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.4.143 – < 5.4.162, 5.10.61 – < 5.10.82, 5.13.13 – < 5.14, 5.14 5.4.162

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.15.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.15.5-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.15.5-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-97.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1064.67 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1068.71 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1026.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1063.67 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1032.33 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1013.14 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1054.56 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1062.66 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1052.58 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1064.67~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1068.71~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1063.67~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-97.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1014.15~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1062.66~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1052.58~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1041.47 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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SLES 15 SP5 kernel-syms 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
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SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.119.1.150400.24.56.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1
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SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.172.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2010-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.172.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2010-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
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SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13 1-150500.11.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.119.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_26 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1
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SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.119.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1
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SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.164.1.150300.18.96.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2185-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.119.1.150400.24.56.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1
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