CVE-2026-74272

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl/region: Resolve region deletion races

Sungwoo noticed that the sysfs trigger to delete a region may try to delete

a region multiple times. It also has no exclusion relative to the kernel

releasing the region via CXL root device teardown.

Instead of installing new cxl root devres actions per region, use the

existing root decoder unregistration event to remove all remaining regions.

An xarray of regions replaces a devres list of regions.

This handles 3 separate issues with the old approach:

1/ sysfs users racing to delete the same region: no longer possible now

that the regions_lock is held over the lookup and deletion.

2/ multiple actions triggering deletion of the same region: solved by

erasing regions while holding @regions_lock, and only proceeding on

successful erasure.

3/ userspace racing devres_release_all() to trigger the devres not found

warning: solved by sysfs unregistration not requirin

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References