CVE-2026-23261

ANALYSIS PENDING

nvme-fc: release admin tagset if init fails

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-fc: release admin tagset if init fails nvme_fabrics creates an NVMe/FC controller in following path: nvmf_dev_write() -> nvmf_create_ctrl() -> nvme_fc_create_ctrl() -> nvme_fc_init_ctrl() nvme_fc_init_ctrl() allocates the admin blk-mq resources right after nvme_add_ctrl() succeeds. If any of the subsequent steps fail (changing the controller state, scheduling connect work, etc.), we jump to the fail_ctrl path, which tears down the controller references but never frees the admin queue/tag set. The leaked blk-mq allocations match the kmemleak report seen during blktests nvme/fc. Check ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset in the fail_ctrl path and call nvme_remove_admin_tag_set() when it is set so that all admin queue allocations are reclaimed whenever controller setup aborts.

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.8%

Details

Status published
Products (23)
linux/Kernel < 6.6.124linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.70linux
Linux/Linux < 6.18
Linux/Linux 0d1840b2dd8fe073c020c39bf8e8e89488070801
Linux/Linux 17c3a66d7ea2d303f783796d62f99e2e23b68c90 - fa301aef50e3f3b5be6ee53457608beae5aa7a01
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 7c54d3f5ebbc5982daaa004260242dc07ac943ea
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - b134dead095bc5a58fa2b98b90ae93428cb4b328
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - d1877cc7270302081a315a81a0ee8331f19f95c8
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - e810b290922c535feb34bc90ab549446fe94d2a3
... and 13 more
Published Mar 18, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 18, 2026