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TI-2026-61225 Aliases CVE-2026-90183GHSA-62h3-pvxj-c2v2

blk-iolatency: clear delay state when freeing policy data

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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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
Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-iolatency: clear delay state when freeing policy data io.latency can throttle a group which has no latency target of its own. When a sibling misses its target, check_scale_change() scales down its peers, and a peer that reaches queue depth one gets blkcg_use_delay() called on it on every further scale-down, even with min_lat_nsec == 0. iolatency_pd_offline() resets the target through iolatency_set_min_lat_nsec(), which clears the delay only on a nonzero to zero transition, so it never clears such a peer. Freeing the policy data then leaves blkg->use_delay set and blkcg->congestion_count elevated with nothing left that can drop it. blk_cgroup_congested() then returns true for every task in that cgroup and its descendants for as long as the cgroup lives: page_cache_sync_ra() cuts readahead to a single page, page_cache_async_ra() skips it altogether, and __folio_throttle_swaprate() takes swap_avail_lock and schedules a throttle on anonymous folio allocation. Clear the delay in iolatency_pd_free(). By then bio-held blkg references have drained, or the queue is frozen for policy deactivation, so check_scale_change() cannot re-arm it. The free callback can also see policy data which was never attached to a blkg, hence the pd->blkg check.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00206 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114 +3Red Hat: 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.19 and later6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6, 7.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.19 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90183
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-62h3-pvxj-c2v2
  3. 2026-10-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/Linux@5c6593422eb3c3a21505436ccf74599a433584c8, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  6. 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
  7. 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  8. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@53ccb4b967edc5f82ff6f9c066fb96c31aa7561a, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
  9. 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
  10. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@27573278b1cbc2313ebd31309ac18ac6179b828a, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  11. 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
  12. 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

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