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      <title>CVE-2023-54209 — block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage</title>
      <link>https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2023-54209</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Commit 99d055b4fd4b (&amp;#34;block: remove per-disk debugfs files in
blk_unregister_queue&amp;#34;) 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fix this problem by shutdown blktrace in disk_release(), this is safe
because blk_trace_remove() is reentrant.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Commit 99d055b4fd4b (&amp;#34;block: remove per-disk debugfs files in
blk_unregister_queue&amp;#34;) 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fix this problem by shutdown blktrace in disk_release(), this is safe
because blk_trace_remove() is reentrant.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
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