GHSA-2MP2-FXXH-HV2J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-24 18:32In 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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53126"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T17:17:27Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblk-cgroup: fix disk reference leak in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current()\n\nAdd the missing put_disk() on the error path in\nblkcg_maybe_throttle_current(). When blkcg lookup, blkg lookup, or\nblkg_tryget() fails, the function jumps to the out label which only\ncalls rcu_read_unlock() but does not release the disk reference acquired\nby blkcg_schedule_throttle() via get_device(). Since current-\u003ethrottle_disk\nis already set to NULL before the lookup, blkcg_exit() cannot release\nthis reference either, causing the disk to never be freed.\n\nRestore the reference release that was present as blk_put_queue() in the\noriginal code but was inadvertently dropped during the conversion from\nrequest_queue to gendisk.",
"id": "GHSA-2mp2-fxxh-hv2j",
"modified": "2026-06-24T18:32:48Z",
"published": "2026-06-24T18:32:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53126"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/000e8454692cab9d1f1b80130e2870e355301d06"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23308af722fefed00af5f238024c11710938fba3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4048ed98860d3785645ebbd34f69566a6c7320c3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73a5af059905d171b398c8b2381632ee499948b5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e005f16cd98f815429a87aef4c61e9c140779f"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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