dax: read holder_ops once in dax_holder_notify_failure()
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
- Partial Red Hat: 4 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: 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93073
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxf3-2jmr-5rfc
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1661b9bf78def01a8c96409569772d9b2592f4ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a42180d5410c98829ee72d1d426fb7faf9e6873
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee1251621d1c7cf3155c6704542cbb358d799968
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a37acecc7c29136235cbc446a1b89e81414344b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb412f80311fc7ab6eb3203091a3fe59a5e9fd30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9d15bdcde0f2955ae13b6a95587f9e23b2359
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93073 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93073 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xxf3-2jmr-5rfc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93073 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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