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CVE-2026-23168

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe Bernd has reported a lockdep splat from flexible proportions code that is essentially complaining about the following race: <timer fires> run_timer_softirq - we are in softirq context call_timer_fn writeout_period fprop_new_period write_seqcount_begin(&p->sequence); <hardirq is raised> ... blk_mq_end_request() blk_update_req
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:078a13d9ffb015af5c86a6914a128fb5f604f29eab02a21fa99b10168819656d
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["lib/flex_proportions.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"6.0"},{"lessThan":"6.0","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.1.162","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.6.123","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.69","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrE…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["lib/flex_proportions.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"0acc9ba7a1b5ba4d998c5753e709be904e179b75","status":"affected","version":"a91befde350375b1ff954635acdde14dc92cd9a8","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"884b2590ffcc7222cbbd6298051f4c243cc36f5d","status":"affected","version":"a91befde350375b1ff954635acdde14dc92cd9a8","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"78ede9ebd679dadf480dce6f7b798e3603f88348","status":"affected","version":"a91befde350375b1ff95463…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["lib/flex_proportions.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"6.0"},{"lessThan":"6.0","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.1.162","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.6.123","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.69","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrE…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Source references

5 source assertions
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0acc9ba7a1b5ba4d998c5753e709be904e179b75"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78ede9ebd679dadf480dce6f7b798e3603f88348"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884b2590ffcc7222cbbd6298051f4c243cc36f5d"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b91a84299d72ae0e05551e851e47cd3008bd025b"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9e2f5b38f1fdd49b1ab6d3a85f81c14369eacc"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5a208a6b61351fa84bc283ae0d63c5b61fc2c93a4f37238f583d442da95756c · sha256:70df037c61a2b206… · /containers/cna/references/4

Attribution and limitations

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