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CVE-2026-53304

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sg: Resolve soft lockup issue when opening /dev/sgX The parameter def_reserved_size defines the default buffer size reserved for each Sg_fd and should be restricted to a range between 0 and 1,048,576 (see https://tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/proc.html). Although the function sg_proc_write_dressz enforces this limit, it is possible to bypass it by directly modifying the module parameter as shown below, which then causes a soft lockup: echo -1 > /sys/module/sg/parameters/def_reserved_size exec 4<> /dev/sg0 watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#5 stuck for 26 seconds! [bash:537] Modules loaded: CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 537 Command: bash, kernel version 6.19.0-rc3+ #134, PREEMPT disabled Hardware: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS version 1.16.1-2.fc37 dated 04/01/2014 ... Call Trace: sg_build_reserve+0x5c/0xa0 sg_add_sfp+0x168/0x270 sg_open+0x16e/0x340 chrdev_open+0xbe/0x230 do_dentry_open+0x175/0x480 vfs_open+0x34/0xf0 do_open+0x265/0x3d0 path_openat+0x110/0x290 do_filp_open+0xc3/0x170 do_sys_openat2+0x71/0xe0 __x64_sys_openat+0x6d/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x62/0x310 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The fix is to use module_param_cb to validate and reject invalid values assigned to def_reserved_size.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53304
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-26 19:41 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-26 19:41 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 6460e75a104d10458817d2f5b2fbff775bf0b43a < 3d74e0654ac908c65a8f20373091826fe43b1363, 6460e75a104d10458817d2f5b2fbff775bf0b43a < c47ccfb3d80dfed522ca06a5954ac97488d78c5a, 6460e75a104d10458817d2f5b2fbff775bf0b43a < fe671d3c84ffb1b763d590c25195755adeaadaba, 6460e75a104d10458817d2f5b2fbff775bf0b43a < c5f4a211e82d04ccc1809311322c47023bbe66e2 …
Linux Linux 2.6.19, 0 < 2.6.19, 5.10.258 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.209 ≤ 5.15.* …
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