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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-90189" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-17T16:07:10.992Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:59:25.945Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:35.090Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-90189" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-90189.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90189" title: "null_blk: register configfs subsystem after creating default devices" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnull_blk: register configfs subsystem after creating default devices\n\nIn null_init(), configfs_register_subsystem() currently runs before\nregister_blkdev(), so when null_blk is built as a module, a racing mkdir()\n+ poweron from userspace can reach null_add_dev() while null_major is still\n0. __add_disk() then hits WARN_ON(disk-\u003eminors) (major=0 with minors!=0)\nand fails:\n\n[root@fedora ~]# [ 2366.521436] WARNING: block/genhd.c:476 at __add_disk+0x8a7/0xde0,\n[ 2366.523552] Modules linked in: null_blk(+) nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib\n[ 2366.529081] CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 1600 Comm: sh Not tainted 7.2.0-rc1+ #66 PREEMPT(full)\n......\n[ 2366.547251] Call Trace:\n[ 2366.547575] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 2366.547831] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x84/0xe0\n[ 2366.548260] add_disk_fwnode+0x114/0x560\n[ 2366.548739] null_add_dev+0x102d/0x1b80 [null_blk]\n[ 2366.549310] ? __pfx_null_add_dev+0x10/0x10 [null_blk]\n[ 2366.549906] ? mutex_lock+0xde/0x1c0\n[ 2366.550361] ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10\n[ 2366.550827] nullb_device_power_store+0x1e7/0x280 [null_blk]\n[ 2366.551499] ? __pfx_nullb_device_power_store+0x10/0x10 [null_blk]\n[ 2366.552177] ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1f5/0x470\n[ 2366.552748] ? configfs_write_iter+0x35c/0x4e0\n[ 2366.553242] configfs_write_iter+0x286/0x4e0\n[ 2366.553787] vfs_write+0x52d/0xd00\n[ 2366.554169] ? __pfx_vfs_write+0x10/0x10\n[ 2366.554679] ? __pfx___css_rstat_updated+0x10/0x10\n[ 2366.555196] ? fdget_pos+0x1cf/0x4c0\n[ 2366.555649] ksys_write+0xfc/0x1d0\n......\n\nAdditionally, the err_dev path destroys all devices on nullb_list while\nconfigfs is still registered. If a racing mkdir() + poweron puts a user\ndevice on the list, null_destroy_dev()-\u003enull_free_dev() kfrees the user\ndevice's nullb_device but /sys/kernel/config/nullb/\u003cname\u003e is still\nreachable. Any userspace access to the item will trigger a UAF.\n\nFor simplicity, move configfs_register_subsystem() to the end to solve\nthe problems above." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"3bf2bd20734e3e6ffda53719a9c10fb3ee9c5ffa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2679b11e9256bd70a5ef41783bab6ad6c34a3db1"},{"version":"3bf2bd20734e3e6ffda53719a9c10fb3ee9c5ffa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dbcedbe4819ae21274ea77469e61e46a878b9943"},{"version":"3bf2bd20734e3e6ffda53719a9c10fb3ee9c5ffa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"57debc907aef66319d244009d3370dcd97388d37"},{"version":"3bf2bd20734e3e6ffda53719a9c10fb3ee9c5ffa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d761be1b8f2bbabc41252deb79a426d3f0d4fa10"},{"version":"3bf2bd20734e3e6ffda53719a9c10fb3ee9c5ffa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cab9bf5f68f76cd44e0ec92bd4a60c9b83656a36"},{"version":"3bf2bd20734e3e6ffda53719a9c10fb3ee9c5ffa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c9d293d6bb0575fcb1f3408129453187e2a28a4e"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.14"},{"version":"6.1.188","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.157","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.110","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.52","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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