CVE-2026-23216: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count()

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-02-18 · updated 2026-10-19
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() In iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count(), the function calls complete() while holding the conn->conn_usage_lock. As soon as complete() is invoked, the waiter (such as iscsit_close_connection()) may wake up and proceed to free the iscsit_conn structure. If the waiter frees the memory before the current thread reaches spin_unlock_bh(), it results in a KASAN slab-use-after-free as the function attempts to release a lock within the already-freed connection structure. Fix this by releasing the spinlock before calling complete().

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 3.1 before 5.10.250; from 5.11 before 5.15.200; from 5.16 before 6.1.163; from 6.2 before 6.6.124; from 6.7 before 6.12.70; from 6.13 before 6.18.10 — fixed in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163, 6.12.70, 6.18.10, 6.6.124

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163, 6.12.70. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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