{"cve":"CVE-2026-72086","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:22.593","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:07.513","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: xen: scsiback: Free the command tag on the TMR submit-failure path\n\nscsiback_device_action() obtains a command tag in\nscsiback_get_pend_req() and submits a task-management request with\ntarget_submit_tmr(). When target_submit_tmr() fails it returns < 0 and\nscsiback jumps to the err: label, which sends a response but frees\nnothing, leaking the tag.\n\nImpact: a pvSCSI guest can leak the command tags of a LUN's session,\nstopping the LUN, by issuing VSCSIIF_ACT_SCSI_ABORT or RESET requests\nwhenever target_submit_tmr() fails.\n\ntransport_generic_free_cmd() cannot be used here. By the time\ntarget_submit_tmr() returns an error it has already run\n__target_init_cmd() (so se_cmd->cmd_kref is one, not zero), and on its\ntarget_get_sess_cmd() error path it has freed se_cmd->se_tmr_req via\ncore_tmr_release_req() while leaving SCF_SCSI_TMR_CDB set and the\npointer dangling. Letting the command release run target_free_cmd_mem()\nwould then double-free se_tmr_req.\n\nUse the same helper, which returns just the tag, on this path too.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1357fb32d42ad8da193e6da285f09e6452feabda","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18d4f86816592586b38513543b5e1f9553bc271f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/255fb7b0cdc947b1c01929c7f133281342a3a6b5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4567ce79fe2f84c3dcc3a91b22a377cf482d33ad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66aefc277ebb796ec285d550305535dc3fc0179f"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72086","score":0.00211,"percentile":0.11411,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}