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scsi: core: Wake up the error handler when final completions race against each other

Published Feb 4, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

scsi: core: Wake up the error handler when final completions race against each other

The fragile ordering between marking commands completed or failed so
that the error handler only wakes when the last running command
completes or times out has race conditions. These race conditions can
cause the SCSI layer to fail to wake the error handler, leaving I/O
through the SCSI host stuck as the error state cannot advance.

First, there is an memory ordering issue within scsi_dec_host_busy().
The write which clears SCMD_STATE_INFLIGHT may be reordered with reads
counting in scsi_host_busy(). While the local CPU will see its own
write, reordering can allow other CPUs in scsi_dec_host_busy() or
scsi_eh_inc_host_failed() to see a raised busy count, causing no CPU to
see a host busy equal to the host_failed count.

This race condition can be prevented with a memory barrier on the error
path to force the write to be visible before counting host busy
commands.

Second, there is a general ordering issue with scsi_eh_inc_host_failed(). By
counting busy commands before incrementing host_failed, it can race with a
final command in scsi_dec_host_busy(), such that scsi_dec_host_busy() does
not see host_failed incremented but scsi_eh_inc_host_failed() counts busy
commands before SCMD_STATE_INFLIGHT is cleared by scsi_dec_host_busy(),
resulting in neither waking the error handler task.

This needs the call to scsi_host_busy() to be moved after host_failed is
incremented to close the race condition.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.5 5.10.249

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 6.18.8-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.69-1 DSA-6126-1
Debian 12 linux 6.1.162-1 DSA-6127-1
Debian 11 linux 5.10.249-1 DLA-4475-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.162-1~deb11u1 DLA-4476-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-117.117 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1055.58 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1056.62 USN-8278-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1 USN-8604-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1058.65 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.17 6.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1 USN-8605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1058.61 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1 USN-8570-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1054.60 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1041.44 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1055.56 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-117.117.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1054.57 USN-8289-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1031.31 USN-8669-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1054.57.1 USN-8289-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-8296-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1030.30 USN-8594-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1054.55 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3 USN-8570-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1056.60 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +20 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1032.33 USN-8499-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1 USN-8440-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-124.124~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1055.56~22.04.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-117.117.1~22.04.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 USN-8289-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1054.55~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-117.117~22.04.1 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2045.46 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1051.52 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1 USN-8570-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1051.52~22.04.1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1055.58+fips1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1059.65+fips1 USN-8393-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-116.116+fips1 USN-8296-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1 USN-8278-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +10 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 rv +76 6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:45114
RHEL 9 rv +75 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:43307
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS rv +77 6.12.0-55.98.1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:55445
RHEL 9.6 EUS rv +77 5.14.0-570.135.1.el9_6 RHSA-2026:56574

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 rv +74 6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:45114
AlmaLinux 9 rv +73 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8 ALSA-2026:43307

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 kernel 6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:45114
Rocky Linux 9 kernel 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8 RLSA-2026:43307
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8 SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-40.1.21.17 SUSE-SU-2026:20667-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20667-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-40.1.21.17 SUSE-SU-2026:20720-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20720-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_10 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_10 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8 openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.27.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.68-92.122 +1 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1468, ALAS2023-2026-1455
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 1:6.1.163-186.299.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1468
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +14 1:6.12.68-92.122.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1455

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.126.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 rv +29 6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-45114
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-200.74.27.el10uek ELSA-2026-50372, ELSA-2026-50232, ELSA-2026-50160
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-43307

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