Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix race in discovery auth updates Separate configfs opens can concurrently update the discovery AuthMethod parameter. Both callers may free the same value in iscsi_update_param_value(), causing a double-free. Protect the lookup and replacement with the discovery TPG access lock, as used by the other TPG configfs parameter updates.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund28 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4224

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow an unspecified attack Translated from German

  CVE-2026-99116CVE-2026-99143CVE-2026-99170+113 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/083eea404d162c324456cf4ff9912fe8701d936b
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/128dfa7a9b4b3c956e8ac04a169a7ba04960cd75
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f3eb8ba914cbe079faf8712101b94ce6b2d821
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b206898acaf40f87cf59e97e511a6b60aad9d5e
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b6ebcc83afb5338c561ff97ca85dc954a89136
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/6caa2b3edb7da4f50a38e16561b75fcae21d4099
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b07828b133b326cb4fb59f144ca37f8db535999
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15b81f602edbdee39c335546f25486a1747f3f0