{"cve":"CVE-2026-31586","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-24T15:16:33.393","modified":"2026-10-19T19:18:00.470","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: blk-cgroup: fix use-after-free in cgwb_release_workfn()\n\ncgwb_release_workfn() calls css_put(wb->blkcg_css) and then later accesses\nwb->blkcg_css again via blkcg_unpin_online().  If css_put() drops the last\nreference, the blkcg can be freed asynchronously (css_free_rwork_fn ->\nblkcg_css_free -> kfree) before blkcg_unpin_online() dereferences the\npointer to access blkcg->online_pin, resulting in a use-after-free:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367)\n  Write of size 4 at addr ff11000117aa6160 by task kworker/71:1/531\n   Workqueue: cgwb_release cgwb_release_workfn\n   Call Trace:\n    <TASK>\n     blkcg_unpin_online (./include/linux/instrumented.h:112 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:400 ./include/linux/refcount.h:389 ./include/linux/refcount.h:432 ./include/linux/refcount.h:450 block/blk-cgroup.c:1367)\n     cgwb_release_workfn (mm/backing-dev.c:629)\n     process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3278 kernel/workqueue.c:3385)\n\n   Freed by task 1016:\n    kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6246 mm/slub.c:6561)\n    css_free_rwork_fn (kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5542)\n    process_scheduled_works (kernel/workqueue.c:3302 kernel/workqueue.c:3385)\n\n** Stack based on commit 66672af7a095 (\"Add linux-next specific files\nfor 20260410\")\n\nI am seeing this crash sporadically in Meta fleet across multiple kernel\nversions.  A full reproducer is available at:\nhttps://github.com/leitao/debug/blob/main/reproducers/repro_blkcg_uaf.sh\n\n(The race window is narrow.  To make it easily reproducible, inject a\nmsleep(100) between css_put() and blkcg_unpin_online() in\ncgwb_release_workfn().  With that delay and a KASAN-enabled kernel, the\nreproducer triggers the splat reliably in less than a second.)\n\nFix this by moving blkcg_unpin_online() before css_put(), so the\ncgwb's CSS reference keeps the blkcg alive while blkcg_unpin_online()\naccesses it.","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/115a5266749dcde7fe4127e8623d19c752088f69","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd36e93b542d9dd020190c6607c6a3663405195","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23acef4156c260e8598397a1a2e8b3a23e919893","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50879a3c1faf06e661090015d59e2127255cff27","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67cb119d32f35e32acd0393bbeb318b2bb1fdafe"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31586","score":0.00132,"percentile":0.02724,"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."]}