CVE-2026-93073

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a42180d5410c98829ee72d1d426fb7faf9e6873
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1661b9bf78def01a8c96409569772d9b2592f4ba
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a37acecc7c29136235cbc446a1b89e81414344b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9d15bdcde0f2955ae13b6a95587f9e23b2359
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb412f80311fc7ab6eb3203091a3fe59a5e9fd30
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee1251621d1c7cf3155c6704542cbb358d799968

Configurations

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History

17 Sep 2026, 17:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Information

Published : 2026-09-17 17:18

Updated : 2026-09-17 17:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-93073

Mitre link : CVE-2026-93073

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-93073

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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