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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-90326"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-17T16:08:41.374Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:51:00.266Z"
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-2026-90326"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-90326.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90326"
title: "blk-cgroup: fix race between policy activation and blkg destruction"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblk-cgroup: fix race between policy activation and blkg destruction\n\nWhen switching an IO scheduler on a block device, blkcg_activate_policy()\nallocates blkg_policy_data (pd) for all blkgs attached to the queue.\nHowever, blkcg_activate_policy() may race with concurrent blkcg deletion,\nleading to use-after-free and memory leak issues.\n\nThe use-after-free occurs in the following race:\n\nT1 (blkcg_activate_policy):\n  - Successfully allocates pd for blkg1 (loop0-\u003equeue, blkcgA)\n  - Fails to allocate pd for blkg2 (loop0-\u003equeue, blkcgB)\n  - Enters the enomem rollback path to release blkg1 resources\n\nT2 (blkcg deletion):\n  - blkcgA is deleted concurrently\n  - blkg1 is freed via blkg_free_workfn()\n  - blkg1-\u003epd is freed\n\nT1 (continued):\n  - Rollback path accesses blkg1-\u003epd-\u003eonline after pd is freed\n  - Triggers use-after-free\n\nIn addition, blkg_free_workfn() frees pd before removing the blkg from\nq-\u003eblkg_list. This allows blkcg_activate_policy() to allocate a new pd\nfor a blkg that is being destroyed, leaving the newly allocated pd\nunreachable when the blkg is finally freed.\n\nFix these races by extending blkcg_mutex coverage to serialize\nblkcg_activate_policy() rollback and blkg destruction, ensuring pd\nlifecycle is synchronized with blkg list visibility."
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