{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "52793d62a696e9188092eb0817fb1219ee5729ff"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "da930308b4bc24c335574e85ca84ff70a988cf05"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "dd39064d2948b14dbe4f364fe4b3c9cfc632cc21"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ee38469f88492df99e1d97f03aa40ecfd218934f"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.10.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.111"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.53"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97409.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-fc: Do not cancel requests in io target before it is initialized\n\nA new nvme-fc controller in CONNECTING state sees admin request timeout\nschedules ctrl-\u003eioerr_work to abort inflight requests. This ends up\ncalling __nvme_fc_abort_outstanding_ios() which aborts requests in both\nadmin and io tagsets. In case fc_ctrl-\u003etag_set was not initialized we\nsee the warning below. This is because ctrl.queue_count is initialized\nearly in nvme_fc_alloc_ctrl().\n\nnvme nvme0: NVME-FC{0}: starting error recovery Connectivity Loss\nINFO: trying to register non-static key.\nThe code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe\nlpfc 0000:ab:00.0: queue 0 connect admin queue failed (-6).\nyou didn't initialize this object before use?\nturning off the locking correctness validator.\nWorkqueue: nvme-reset-wq nvme_fc_ctrl_ioerr_work [nvme_fc]\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x80\n register_lock_class+0x567/0x580\n __lock_acquire+0x330/0xb90\n lock_acquire.part.0+0xad/0x210\n blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter+0xf9/0xc00\n __nvme_fc_abort_outstanding_ios+0x23f/0x320 [nvme_fc]\n nvme_fc_ctrl_ioerr_work+0x172/0x210 [nvme_fc]\n process_one_work+0x82c/0x1450\n worker_thread+0x5ee/0xfd0\n kthread+0x3a0/0x750\n ret_from_fork+0x439/0x670\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nUpdate the check in __nvme_fc_abort_outstanding_ios() confirm that io\ntagset was created before iterating over busy requests. Also make sure\nto cancel ctrl-\u003eioerr_work before removing io tagset.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-97409",
  "modified": "2026-09-27T03:30:29.711450785Z",
  "published": "2026-09-24T16:03:16.195Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da930308b4bc24c335574e85ca84ff70a988cf05"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd39064d2948b14dbe4f364fe4b3c9cfc632cc21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee38469f88492df99e1d97f03aa40ecfd218934f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97409.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97409"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "nvme-fc: Do not cancel requests in io target before it is initialized"
}