| Name | CVE-2026-97950 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: configfs: pin the symlink target's dirent instead of chasing ->ci_dentry create_link() reads the target's configfs_dirent from item->ci_dentry->d_fsdata, relying on the item reference taken by get_target(). That reference pins the item, not its dentry: the dentry is pinned by DCACHE_PERSISTENT, which configfs_remove_dir() releases via simple_rmdir() while the item is still alive. A symlink racing with rmdir of its target can therefore find ->ci_dentry freed and its dirent released, triggering WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&sd->s_count)) in configfs_get(). Take the dirent in get_target() as well, under ->d_lock and atomically with the item reference, and pass it down to create_link(). A hashed dentry has not been killed yet, so its ->d_fsdata reference keeps the dirent alive there. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4850-1, DSA-6568-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.190-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 6.12.107-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.113-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 7.2.11-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.2.12-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.12 (PTS) | bookworm (security) | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | trixie | 6.12.113-1 | DSA-6568-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 7.2.7-1 | |||
| linux-6.12 | source | bookworm | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 | DLA-4850-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/a7c1290eef60711c10289c056ad32ed1f2b47b12 (7.3-rc3)