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the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime\n\nKASAN reports slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common():\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810fdcb710 by task swapper/0/0\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted\n6.19.0-next-20260220-00006-g1eae5f204ec3 #4 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux\n1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x6d/0xb0\n print_report+0x170/0x4e2\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0x1dc/0x380\n kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0\n ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n __wake_up+0x36/0x60\n virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x11d/0x3b0\n ? sched_balance_domains+0x29f/0xb00\n ? __pfx_virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x10/0x10\n ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x98/0x100\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n vring_interrupt+0x1c9/0x5e0\n ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10\n vp_vring_interrupt+0x87/0x100\n ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x17f/0x550\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n handle_irq_event+0xab/0x1c0\n handle_fasteoi_irq+0x276/0xae0\n __common_interrupt+0x65/0x130\n common_interrupt+0x78/0xa0\n </IRQ>\n\nvirtio_pmem_host_ack() wakes a request that has already been freed by the\nsubmitter.\n\nThis happens when the request token is still reachable via the virtqueue,\nbut virtio_pmem_flush() returns and frees it.\n\nFix the token lifetime by refcounting struct virtio_pmem_request.\nvirtio_pmem_flush() holds a submitter reference, and the virtqueue holds an\nextra reference once the request is queued. The completion path drops the\nvirtqueue reference, and the submitter drops its reference before\nreturning."}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:12:19.125Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be072a5d5e35f4bdf2da22f600b5d6dc6c5ff491"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1e740b9156621afd4c4aa66257f4dde8df1febe"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e57140944b5a47a7fd5a142faab29a02af040bc8"}],"title":"nvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-93196","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:12:19.125Z","dateReserved":"2026-09-17T16:02:15.092Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:12:19.125Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-09-17 17:18:15","lastModifiedDate":"2026-09-17 17:18:15","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"93196","Ordinal":"1","Title":"nvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime","CVE":"CVE-2026-93196","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"93196","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime\n\nKASAN reports slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common():\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810fdcb710 by task swapper/0/0\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted\n6.19.0-next-20260220-00006-g1eae5f204ec3 #4 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux\n1.17.0-2-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x6d/0xb0\n print_report+0x170/0x4e2\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0x1dc/0x380\n kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0\n ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n ? __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n __wake_up_common+0x114/0x160\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n __wake_up+0x36/0x60\n virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x11d/0x3b0\n ? sched_balance_domains+0x29f/0xb00\n ? __pfx_virtio_pmem_host_ack+0x10/0x10\n ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x98/0x100\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n vring_interrupt+0x1c9/0x5e0\n ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10\n vp_vring_interrupt+0x87/0x100\n ? __pfx_vp_interrupt+0x10/0x10\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x17f/0x550\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n handle_irq_event+0xab/0x1c0\n handle_fasteoi_irq+0x276/0xae0\n __common_interrupt+0x65/0x130\n common_interrupt+0x78/0xa0\n </IRQ>\n\nvirtio_pmem_host_ack() wakes a request that has already been freed by the\nsubmitter.\n\nThis happens when the request token is still reachable via the virtqueue,\nbut virtio_pmem_flush() returns and frees it.\n\nFix the token lifetime by refcounting struct virtio_pmem_request.\nvirtio_pmem_flush() holds a submitter reference, and the virtqueue holds an\nextra reference once the request is queued. The completion path drops the\nvirtqueue reference, and the submitter drops its reference before\nreturning.","Type":"Description","Title":"nvdimm: virtio_pmem: refcount requests for token lifetime"}]}}}