CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-54209
- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-28
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage
Commit 99d055b4fd4b ("block: remove per-disk debugfs files in
blk_unregister_queue") moves blk_trace_shutdown() from
blk_release_queue() to blk_unregister_queue(), this is safe if blktrace
is created through sysfs, however, there is a regression in corner
case.
blktrace can still be enabled after del_gendisk() through ioctl if
the disk is opened before del_gendisk(), and if blktrace is not shutdown
through ioctl before closing the disk, debugfs entries will be leaked.
Fix this problem by shutdown blktrace in disk_release(), this is safe
because blk_trace_remove() is reentrant.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7149e57cf01184fba175589f8fbe9fbf33be02e1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942e81650b81b4ca62f1d8c61de455c9e7c7e6ca git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa07e56c6a9c7558165690d14eed4fe8babf34fb git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7de3704af9989b780693d51eaea49a665bd9c2 git.kernel.org