# CVE-2026-64112: rbd: eliminate a race in lock_dwork draining on unmap

> A race condition in the Linux kernel's RBD driver can cause a kernel assertion failure and crash during image unmap operations.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-92802, BELL-CVE-2026-64112, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64112, GHSA-559g-j59r-pxg6, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-64112, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-64112, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-64112, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64112

## What is CVE-2026-64112?

CVE-2026-64112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rbd: eliminate a race in lock_dwork draining on unmap

Given how rbd_lock_add_request() and rbd_img_exclusive_lock() are
written, lock_dwork may be (re)queued more than it's actually needed:
for example in case a new I/O request comes in while we are in the
middle of rbd_acquire_lock() on behalf of another I/O request.  This is
expected and with rbd_release_lock() preemptively canceling lock_dwork
is benign under normal operation.

A more problematic example is maybe_kick_acquire():

    if (have_requests || delayed_work_pending(&rbd_dev->lock_dwork)) {
            dout("%s rbd_dev %p kicking lock_dwork\n", __func__, rbd_dev);
            mod_delayed_work(rbd_dev->task_wq, &rbd_dev->lock_dwork, 0);
    }

It's not unrealistic for lock_dwork to get canceled right after
delayed_work_pending() returns true and for mod_delayed_work() to
requeue it right there anyway.  This is a classic TOCTOU race.

When it comes to unmapping the image, there is an implicit assumption
of no self-initiated exclusive lock activity past the point of return
from rbd_dev_image_unlock() which unlocks the lock if it happens to be
held.  This unlock is assumed to be final and lock_dwork (as well as
all other exclusive lock tasks, really) isn't expected to get queued
again.  However, lock_dwork is canceled only in cancel_tasks_sync()
(i.e. later in the unmap sequence) and on top of that the cancellation
can get in effect nullified by maybe_kick_acquire().  This may result
in rbd_acquire_lock() executing after rbd_dev_device_release() and
rbd_dev_image_release() run and free and/or reset a bunch of things.
One of the possible failure modes then is a violated

    rbd_assert(rbd_image_format_valid(rbd_dev->image_format));

in rbd_dev_header_info() which is called via rbd_dev_refresh() from
rbd_post_acquire_action().

Redo exclusive lock task draining to provide saner semantics and try
to meet the assumptions around rbd_dev_image_unlock().

Weakness: CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition), CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-64112?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-64112?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-64112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-64112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-64112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-64112

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