{"cve":"CVE-2026-23216","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-18T15:18:42.957","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:42.423","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count()\n\nIn iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count(), the function calls complete() while\nholding the conn->conn_usage_lock. As soon as complete() is invoked, the\nwaiter (such as iscsit_close_connection()) may wake up and proceed to free\nthe iscsit_conn structure.\n\nIf the waiter frees the memory before the current thread reaches\nspin_unlock_bh(), it results in a KASAN slab-use-after-free as the function\nattempts to release a lock within the already-freed connection structure.\n\nFix this by releasing the spinlock before calling complete().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/275016a551ba1a068a3bd6171b18611726b67110","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3835e49e146a4e6e7787b29465f1a23379b6ec44","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48fe983e92de2c59d143fe38362ad17ba23ec7f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73b487d44bf4f92942629d578381f89c326ff77f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8518f072fc92921418cd9ed4268dd4f3e9a8fd75"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23216","score":0.00142,"percentile":0.03501,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}