CVE-2023-54227
Linux Kernel 5.16-6.5.4 - Memory Leak in Block Layer Tags Management
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: fix tags leak when shrink nr_hw_queues Although we don't need to realloc set->tags[] when shrink nr_hw_queues, we need to free them. Or these tags will be leaked. How to reproduce: 1. mount -t configfs configfs /mnt 2. modprobe null_blk nr_devices=0 submit_queues=8 3. mkdir /mnt/nullb/nullb0 4. echo 1 > /mnt/nullb/nullb0/power 5. echo 4 > /mnt/nullb/nullb0/submit_queues 6. rmdir /mnt/nullb/nullb0 In step 4, will alloc 9 tags (8 submit queues and 1 poll queue), then in step 5, new_nr_hw_queues = 5 (4 submit queues and 1 poll queue). At last in step 6, only these 5 tags are freed, the other 4 tags leaked.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.9%
Details
Status
published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.5.5linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.16
Linux/Linux
5.16
Linux/Linux
6.5.5 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux
6.6
Linux/Linux
a846a8e6c9a5949582c5a6a8bbc83a7d27fd891e - c0ef7493e68b8896806a2f598fcffbaa97333405
Linux/Linux
a846a8e6c9a5949582c5a6a8bbc83a7d27fd891e - e1dd7bc93029024af5688253b0c05181d6e01f8e
Published
Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026