Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: pm8001: Fix running_req for internal abort commands
Disabling the remote phy for a SATA disk causes a hang:
root@(none)$ more /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-0:0:8/target_port_protocols
sata
root@(none)$ echo 0 > sys/class/sas_phy/phy-0:0:8/enable
root@(none)$ [ 67.855950] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy08 change count has changed
[ 67.920585] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 67.925780] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=0x04 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[ 67.935094] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Stopping disk
[ 67.939305] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Start/Stop Unit failed: Result: hostbyte=0x04 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
...
[ 123.998998] INFO: task kworker/u192:1:642 blocked for more than 30 seconds.
[ 124.005960] Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1-205202-gf26f8f761e83 #218
[ 124.012049] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 124.019872] task:kworker/u192:1 state:D stack:0 pid: 642 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008
[ 124.028223] Workqueue: 0000:04:00.0_event_q sas_port_event_worker
[ 124.034319] Call trace:
[ 124.036758] __switch_to+0x128/0x278
[ 124.040333] __schedule+0x434/0xa58
[ 124.043820] schedule+0x94/0x138
[ 124.047045] schedule_timeout+0x2fc/0x368
[ 124.051052] wait_for_completion+0xdc/0x200
[ 124.055234] __flush_workqueue+0x1a8/0x708
[ 124.059328] sas_porte_broadcast_rcvd+0xa8/0xc0
[ 124.063858] sas_port_event_worker+0x60/0x98
[ 124.068126] process_one_work+0x3f8/0x660
[ 124.072134] worker_thread+0x70/0x700
[ 124.075793] kthread+0x1a4/0x1b8
[ 124.079014] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
The issue is that the per-device running_req read in
pm8001_dev_gone_notify() never goes to zero and we never make progress.
This is caused by missing accounting for running_req for when an internal
abort command completes.
In commit 2cbbf489778e ("scsi: pm8001: Use libsas internal abort support")
we started to send internal abort commands as a proper sas_task. In this
when we deliver a sas_task to HW the per-device running_req is incremented
in pm8001_queue_command(). However it is never decremented for internal
abort commnds, so decrement in pm8001_mpi_task_abort_resp().
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.18 | 5.19.17 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.0.3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.0.3-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 6.0.3-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +10 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-64kb +6 | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP5 | kernel-docs +4 | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-source +1 | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34 | 1-150500.11.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP5 | kernel-64kb +5 | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026