CVE-2026-72086

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72086
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72086.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72086
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:52:34Z
Modified
2026-08-18T03:31:01Z
Summary
scsi: xen: scsiback: Free the command tag on the TMR submit-failure path
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72086.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
2dbcdf33dbf61f44b29adb52338282c3d7840d0e
Fixed
4567ce79fe2f84c3dcc3a91b22a377cf482d33ad
Fixed
6c01f0439098f00a64b246dc27479602201382f7
Fixed
18d4f86816592586b38513543b5e1f9553bc271f
Fixed
fbc1bdede66d0f2cde83b75d6524ce1a815bb69f
Fixed
255fb7b0cdc947b1c01929c7f133281342a3a6b5
Fixed
1357fb32d42ad8da193e6da285f09e6452feabda
Fixed
66aefc277ebb796ec285d550305535dc3fc0179f

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72086.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.6.0
Fixed
5.15.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.178
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72086.json"