CVE-2026-23292

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file()In flush_write_buffer, &p->frag_sem is acquired and then the loaded storefunction is called, which, here, is target_core_item_dbroot_store(). Thisfunction called filp_open(), following which these functions were called(in reverse order), according to the call trace: down_read __configfs_open_file do_dentry_open vfs_open do_open path_openat do_filp_open file_open_name filp_open target_core_item_dbroot_store flush_write_buffer configfs_write_itertarget_core_item_dbroot_store() tries to validate the new file path bytrying to open the file path provided to it; however, in this case, the bugreport shows:db_root: not a directory: /sys/kernel/config/target/dbrootindicating that the same configfs file was tried to be opened, on which itis currently working on. Thus, it is trying to acquire frag_sem semaphoreof the same file of which it already holds the semaphore obtained inflush_write_buffer(), leading to acquiring the semaphore in a nested mannerand a possibility of recursive locking.Fix this by modifying target_core_item_dbroot_store() to use kern_path()instead of filp_open() to avoid opening the file using filesystem-specificfunction __configfs_open_file(), and further modifying it to make this fixcompatible.

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234