Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-cgroup: fix disk reference leak in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current()
Add the missing put_disk() on the error path in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current(). When blkcg lookup, blkg lookup, or blkg_tryget() fails, the function jumps to the out label which only calls rcu_read_unlock() but does not release the disk reference acquired by blkcg_schedule_throttle() via get_device(). Since current->throttle_disk is already set to NULL before the lookup, blkcg_exit() cannot release this reference either, causing the disk to never be freed.
Restore the reference release that was present as blk_put_queue() in the original code but was inadvertently dropped during the conversion from request_queue to gendisk.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= f05837ed73d0c73e950b2d9f2612febb0d3d451e, < 4048ed98860d3785645ebbd34f69566a6c7320c3; >= f05837ed73d0c73e950b2d9f2612febb0d3d451e, < 73a5af059905d171b398c8b2381632ee499948b5; >= f05837ed73d0c73e950b2d9f2612febb0d3d451e, < b3e005f16cd98f815429a87aef4c61e9c140779f; >= f05837ed73d0c73e950b2d9f2612febb0d3d451e, < 000e8454692cab9d1f1b80130e2870e355301d06; >= f05837ed73d0c73e950b2d9f2612febb0d3d451e, < 23308af722fefed00af5f238024c11710938fba3 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.3 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/000e8454692cab9d1f1b80130e2870e355301d06Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23308af722fefed00af5f238024c11710938fba3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4048ed98860d3785645ebbd34f69566a6c7320c3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73a5af059905d171b398c8b2381632ee499948b5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e005f16cd98f815429a87aef4c61e9c140779fPatch
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 24, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 6, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed