scsi: xen: scsiback: Free the command tag on the TMR submit-failure path
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: xen: scsiback: Free the command tag on the TMR submit-failure path scsiback_device_action() obtains a command tag in scsiback_get_pend_req() and submits a task-management request with target_submit_tmr(). When target_submit_tmr() fails it returns < 0 and scsiback jumps to the err: label, which sends a response but frees nothing, leaking the tag. Impact: a pvSCSI guest can leak the command tags of a LUN's session, stopping the LUN, by issuing VSCSIIF_ACT_SCSI_ABORT or RESET requests whenever target_submit_tmr() fails. transport_generic_free_cmd() cannot be used here. By the time target_submit_tmr() returns an error it has already run __target_init_cmd() (so se_cmd->cmd_kref is one, not zero), and on its target_get_sess_cmd() error path it has freed se_cmd->se_tmr_req via core_tmr_release_req() while leaving SCF_SCSI_TMR_CDB set and the pointer dangling. Letting the command release run target_free_cmd_mem() would then double-free se_tmr_req. Use the same helper, which returns just the tag, on this path too.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72086
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxg2-v7p6-pg5g
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4567ce79fe2f84c3dcc3a91b22a377cf482d33ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c01f0439098f00a64b246dc27479602201382f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18d4f86816592586b38513543b5e1f9553bc271f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbc1bdede66d0f2cde83b75d6524ce1a815bb69f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/255fb7b0cdc947b1c01929c7f133281342a3a6b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1357fb32d42ad8da193e6da285f09e6452feabda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66aefc277ebb796ec285d550305535dc3fc0179f
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72086 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72086 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mxg2-v7p6-pg5g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72086 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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