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CVE-2023-54209 (GCVE-0-2023-54209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:11 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:57
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Title
block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage
Summary
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.
Severity
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Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 99d055b4fd4bbb309c6cdb51a0d420669f777944 , < aa07e56c6a9c7558165690d14eed4fe8babf34fb (git)
Affected: 99d055b4fd4bbb309c6cdb51a0d420669f777944 , < 7149e57cf01184fba175589f8fbe9fbf33be02e1 (git)
Affected: 99d055b4fd4bbb309c6cdb51a0d420669f777944 , < 942e81650b81b4ca62f1d8c61de455c9e7c7e6ca (git)
Affected: 99d055b4fd4bbb309c6cdb51a0d420669f777944 , < dd7de3704af9989b780693d51eaea49a665bd9c2 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.39 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.13 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.4 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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