{"id":"CVE-2026-46304","summary":"nvmet: avoid recursive nvmet-wq flush in nvmet_ctrl_free","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet: avoid recursive nvmet-wq flush in nvmet_ctrl_free\n\nnvmet_tcp_release_queue_work() runs on nvmet-wq and can drop the\nfinal controller reference through nvmet_cq_put(). If that triggers\nnvmet_ctrl_free(), the teardown path flushes ctrl-\u003easync_event_work on\nthe same nvmet-wq.\n\nCall chain:\n\n nvmet_tcp_schedule_release_queue()\n   kref_put(&queue-\u003ekref, nvmet_tcp_release_queue)\n     nvmet_tcp_release_queue()\n       queue_work(nvmet_wq, &queue-\u003erelease_work) \u003c--- nvmet_wq\n         process_one_work()\n           nvmet_tcp_release_queue_work()\n             nvmet_cq_put(&queue-\u003envme_cq)\n               nvmet_cq_destroy()\n                 nvmet_ctrl_put(cq-\u003ectrl)\n                   nvmet_ctrl_free()\n                     flush_work(&ctrl-\u003easync_event_work) \u003c--- nvmet_wq\n\n                      Previously Scheduled by :-\n\t\t        nvmet_add_async_event\n\t\t          queue_work(nvmet_wq, &ctrl-\u003easync_event_work);\n\nThis trips lockdep with a possible recursive locking warning.\n\n[ 5223.015876] run blktests nvme/003 at 2026-04-07 20:53:55\n[ 5223.061801] loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 2097152\n[ 5223.072206] nvmet: adding nsid 1 to subsystem blktests-subsystem-1\n[ 5223.088368] nvmet_tcp: enabling port 0 (127.0.0.1:4420)\n[ 5223.126086] nvmet: Created discovery controller 1 for subsystem nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress.discovery for NQN nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:0f01fb42-9f7f-4856-b0b3-51e60b8de349.\n[ 5223.128453] nvme nvme1: new ctrl: NQN \"nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress.discovery\", addr 127.0.0.1:4420, hostnqn: nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:0f01fb42-9f7f-4856-b0b3-51e60b8de349\n[ 5233.199447] nvme nvme1: Removing ctrl: NQN \"nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress.discovery\"\n\n[ 5233.227718] ============================================\n[ 5233.231283] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected\n[ 5233.234696] 7.0.0-rc3nvme+ #20 Tainted: G           O     N\n[ 5233.238434] --------------------------------------------\n[ 5233.241852] kworker/u192:6/2413 is trying to acquire lock:\n[ 5233.245429] ffff888111632548 ((wq_completion)nvmet-wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x26/0x90\n[ 5233.251438]\n               but task is already holding lock:\n[ 5233.255254] ffff888111632548 ((wq_completion)nvmet-wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x5cc/0x6e0\n[ 5233.261125]\n               other info that might help us debug this:\n[ 5233.265333]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n[ 5233.269217]        CPU0\n[ 5233.270795]        ----\n[ 5233.272436]   lock((wq_completion)nvmet-wq);\n[ 5233.275241]   lock((wq_completion)nvmet-wq);\n[ 5233.278020]\n                *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n[ 5233.281793]  May be due to missing lock nesting notation\n\n[ 5233.286195] 3 locks held by kworker/u192:6/2413:\n[ 5233.289192]  #0: ffff888111632548 ((wq_completion)nvmet-wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x5cc/0x6e0\n[ 5233.294569]  #1: ffffc9000e2a7e40 ((work_completion)(&queue-\u003erelease_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1c5/0x6e0\n[ 5233.300128]  #2: ffffffff82d7dc40 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __flush_work+0x62/0x530\n[ 5233.304290]\n               stack backtrace:\n[ 5233.306520] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2413 Comm: kworker/u192:6 Tainted: G           O     N  7.0.0-rc3nvme+ #20 PREEMPT(full)\n[ 5233.306524] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [N]=TEST\n[ 5233.306525] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n[ 5233.306527] Workqueue: nvmet-wq nvmet_tcp_release_queue_work [nvmet_tcp]\n[ 5233.306532] Call Trace:\n[ 5233.306534]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 5233.306536]  dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0xb0\n[ 5233.306552]  print_deadlock_bug+0x225/0x2f0\n[ 5233.306556]  __lock_acquire+0x13f0/0x2290\n[ 5233.306563]  lock_acquire+0xd0/0x300\n[ 5233.306565]  ? touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x26/0x90\n[ 5233.306571]  ? __flush_work+0x20b/0x530\n[ 5233.306573]  ? touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x26/0x90\n[ 5233.306577]  touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x3b/0x90\n[ 5233.306580]  ? touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x26/0x90\n[ 52\n---truncated---","modified":"2026-07-10T03:54:25.870030158Z","published":"2026-06-08T15:46:31.747Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2026:11014-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46304.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551f445a56a11a6457550cddcf39c9ebb8bcacc6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/781f47d641432c26c19625b2cdd7f40825097592"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d66ba89480ff098a58d79003a505f383aa4e920"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a4d7222c0955b221e38bb66d10e6bccb672c8a1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a696fbbd5240b4ac9b166f7bd4c550882ff543f1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aade8abd8b868b6ffa9697aadaea28ec7f65bee6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5b0cad163833e10b271e9becc05d81dae56e5f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee6e20c4bc9eae542a0954a368449532383169d4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46304.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46304"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5"},{"fixed":"ae5b0cad163833e10b271e9becc05d81dae56e5f"},{"fixed":"8d66ba89480ff098a58d79003a505f383aa4e920"},{"fixed":"a696fbbd5240b4ac9b166f7bd4c550882ff543f1"},{"fixed":"9a4d7222c0955b221e38bb66d10e6bccb672c8a1"},{"fixed":"ee6e20c4bc9eae542a0954a368449532383169d4"},{"fixed":"781f47d641432c26c19625b2cdd7f40825097592"},{"fixed":"551f445a56a11a6457550cddcf39c9ebb8bcacc6"},{"fixed":"aade8abd8b868b6ffa9697aadaea28ec7f65bee6"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3976dd677e891c0b2c63d08028d445663539472c"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"4.9.68"},{"fixed":"4.10"}]}],"versions":["v4.9.67","v4.9.66","v4.9.65","v4.9.64","v4.9.63","v4.9.62","v4.9.61","v4.9.60","v4.9.59","v4.9.58","v4.9.57","v4.9.56","v4.9.55","v4.9.54","v4.9.53","v4.9.52","v4.9.51","v4.9.50","v4.9.49","v4.9.48","v4.9.47","v4.9.46","v4.9.45","v4.9.44","v4.9.43","v4.9.42","v4.9.41","v4.9.40","v4.9.39","v4.9.38","v4.9.37","v4.9.36","v4.9.35","v4.9.34","v4.9.33","v4.9.32","v4.9.31","v4.9.30","v4.9.29","v4.9.28","v4.9.27","v4.9.26","v4.9.25","v4.9.24","v4.9.23","v4.9.22","v4.9.21","v4.9.20","v4.9.19","v4.9.18","v4.9.17","v4.9.16","v4.9.15","v4.9.14","v4.9.13","v4.9","v4.9.12","v4.9.11","v4.9.10","v4.9.9","v4.9.8","v4.9.7","v4.9.6","v4.9.5","v4.9.4","v4.9.3","v4.9.2","v4.9.1","v4.9-rc7","v4.9-rc6","v4.9-rc8","v4.9-rc1","v4.9-rc5","v4.9-rc3","v4.9-rc4","v4.9-rc2","v4.8","v4.8-rc8","v4.8-rc2","v4.8-rc1","v4.8-rc7","v4.8-rc6","v4.8-rc5","v4.8-rc4","v4.8-rc3","v4.7","v4.7-rc4","v4.7-rc2","v4.7-rc1","v4.7-rc7","v4.7-rc6","v4.7-rc3","v4.7-rc5","v4.6","v4.6-rc1","v4.6-rc6","v4.6-rc4","v4.6-rc7","v4.6-rc5","v4.5-rc4","v4.6-rc2","v4.6-rc3","v4.5","v4.4","v4.5-rc1","v4.5-rc6","v4.5-rc2","v4.5-rc7","v4.5-rc5","v4.5-rc3","v4.4-rc1","v4.4-rc2","v4.4-rc8","v4.4-rc3","v4.4-rc7","v4.4-rc5","v4.4-rc6","v4.4-rc4","v4.3","v4.3-rc1","v4.3-rc6","v4.3-rc4","v4.3-rc2","v4.3-rc7","v4.3-rc5","v4.3-rc3","v4.2","v4.2-rc2","v4.2-rc1","v4.2-rc8","v4.2-rc4","v4.2-rc6","v4.2-rc7","v4.0-rc5","v4.2-rc5","v4.2-rc3","v4.1-rc2","v4.1","v4.1-rc1","v4.1-rc8","v4.1-rc7","v4.1-rc6","v4.1-rc3","v4.1-rc4","v4.0","v4.1-rc5","v4.0-rc1","v4.0-rc2","v4.0-rc7","v4.0-rc3","v4.0-rc6","v4.0-rc4","v3.19","v3.19-rc7","v3.19-rc5","v3.19-rc1","v3.19-rc6","v3.19-rc4","v3.18-rc1","v3.19-rc3","v3.19-rc2","v3.18","v3.18-rc7","v3.18-rc6","v3.18-rc2","v3.18-rc3","v3.18-rc4","v3.18-rc5","v3.17","v3.17-rc1","v3.17-rc7","v3.17-rc2","v3.17-rc4","v3.16","v3.17-rc5","v3.17-rc6","v3.17-rc3","v3.16-rc7","v3.16-rc1","v3.16-rc3","v3.16-rc5","v3.16-rc6","v3.16-rc2","v3.16-rc4","v3.13","v3.15","v3.15-rc5","v3.15-rc8","v3.15-rc1","v3.15-rc6","v3.15-rc3","v3.15-rc7","v3.15-rc2","v3.15-rc4","v3.14","v3.14-rc4","v3.14-rc8","v3.14-rc7","v3.14-rc6","v3.14-rc1","v3.14-rc2","v3.14-rc5","v3.14-rc3","v3.13-rc6","v3.13-rc8","v3.12","v3.13-rc7","v3.13-rc1","v3.13-rc4","v3.13-rc3","v3.13-rc5","v3.13-rc2","v3.12-rc7","v3.12-rc3","v3.12-rc6","v3.12-rc1","v3.12-rc5","v3.11","v3.12-rc2","v3.12-rc4","v3.11-rc7","v3.11-rc2","v3.11-rc5","v3.11-rc1","v3.11-rc3","v3.11-rc4","v3.11-rc6","v3.10-rc2","v3.10","v3.10-rc7","v3.10-rc6","v3.10-rc1","v3.10-rc5","v3.10-rc3","v3.10-rc4","v3.9","v3.9-rc2","v3.9-rc7","v3.9-rc8","v3.9-rc3","v3.9-rc6","v3.9-rc5","v3.9-rc4","v3.9-rc1","v3.8","v3.8-rc7","v3.8-rc6","v3.8-rc5","v3.8-rc2","v3.8-rc1","v3.8-rc3","v3.8-rc4","v3.7","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