CVE-2026-93073 PUBLISHED

dax: read holder_ops once in dax_holder_notify_failure()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

dax: read holder_ops once in dax_holder_notify_failure()

dax_holder_notify_failure() reads dax_dev->holder_ops twice without READ_ONCE() -- once for the NULL check and once for the indirect notify_failure() call. A concurrent fs_put_dax() can clear holder_ops between the two reads, so the check can observe a non-NULL pointer while the call dereferences NULL. (kill_dax() also clears holder_ops, but only after synchronize_srcu(), so it cannot race a reader that is inside dax_read_lock(); fs_put_dax() does no such synchronization.)

Fetch holder_ops once into a local with READ_ONCE() so the NULL check and the indirect call observe the same value.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522 to 1661b9bf78def01a8c96409569772d9b2592f4ba (excl.)
  • affected from 8012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522 to 0a42180d5410c98829ee72d1d426fb7faf9e6873 (excl.)
  • affected from 8012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522 to ee1251621d1c7cf3155c6704542cbb358d799968 (excl.)
  • affected from 8012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522 to 6a37acecc7c29136235cbc446a1b89e81414344b (excl.)
  • affected from 8012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522 to eb412f80311fc7ab6eb3203091a3fe59a5e9fd30 (excl.)
  • affected from 8012b866085523758780850087102421dbcce522 to 7ae9d15bdcde0f2955ae13b6a95587f9e23b2359 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.0 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.0 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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