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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-53304",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.397Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-06-26T19:41:00.056Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-06-26T19:41:00.056Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: sg: Resolve soft lockup issue when opening /dev/sgX\n\nThe parameter def_reserved_size defines the default buffer size reserved\nfor each Sg_fd and should be restricted to a range between 0 and 1,048,576\n(see https://tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/proc.html).  Although the\nfunction sg_proc_write_dressz enforces this limit, it is possible to bypass\nit by directly modifying the module parameter as shown below, which then\ncauses a soft lockup:\n\necho -1 > /sys/module/sg/parameters/def_reserved_size\nexec 4<> /dev/sg0\n\nwatchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#5 stuck for 26 seconds! [bash:537]\nModules loaded:\nCPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 537 Command: bash, kernel version 6.19.0-rc3+ #134,\nPREEMPT disabled\nHardware: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS version\n1.16.1-2.fc37 dated 04/01/2014\n...\nCall Trace:\n\n  sg_build_reserve+0x5c/0xa0\n  sg_add_sfp+0x168/0x270\n  sg_open+0x16e/0x340\n  chrdev_open+0xbe/0x230\n  do_dentry_open+0x175/0x480\n  vfs_open+0x34/0xf0\n  do_open+0x265/0x3d0\n  path_openat+0x110/0x290\n  do_filp_open+0xc3/0x170\n  do_sys_openat2+0x71/0xe0\n  __x64_sys_openat+0x6d/0xa0\n  do_syscall_64+0x62/0x310\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nThe fix is to use module_param_cb to validate and reject invalid values\nassigned to def_reserved_size."
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