{"cve":"CVE-2026-23296","nvd":{"published":"2026-03-25T11:16:24.980","modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:47.967","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: core: Fix refcount leak for tagset_refcnt\n\nThis leak will cause a hang when tearing down the SCSI host. For example,\niscsid hangs with the following call trace:\n\n[130120.652718] scsi_alloc_sdev: Allocation failure during SCSI scanning, some SCSI devices might not be configured\n\nPID: 2528     TASK: ffff9d0408974e00  CPU: 3    COMMAND: \"iscsid\"\n #0 [ffffb5b9c134b9e0] __schedule at ffffffff860657d4\n #1 [ffffb5b9c134ba28] schedule at ffffffff86065c6f\n #2 [ffffb5b9c134ba40] schedule_timeout at ffffffff86069fb0\n #3 [ffffb5b9c134bab0] __wait_for_common at ffffffff8606674f\n #4 [ffffb5b9c134bb10] scsi_remove_host at ffffffff85bfe84b\n #5 [ffffb5b9c134bb30] iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy at ffffffffc03031c4 [iscsi_tcp]\n #6 [ffffb5b9c134bb48] iscsi_if_recv_msg at ffffffffc0292692 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n #7 [ffffb5b9c134bb98] iscsi_if_rx at ffffffffc02929c2 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n #8 [ffffb5b9c134bbf0] netlink_unicast at ffffffff85e551d6\n #9 [ffffb5b9c134bc38] netlink_sendmsg at ffffffff85e554ef","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e274674714427dc578bb99db5b86e312d2b57f8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ac22c8eae81366101597d48360718dff9b9d980","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c01b680beaf4d3143866b062b8e770e8b237fb8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944a333c8e4d42256556c1d2ebb6d773a33e0dcd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f5e4abed9248448aa1b45b12ab0bea4d329b56a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:26:19.218427112+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23296","score":0.00127,"percentile":0.02379,"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."]}