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CVE-2023-54227

UNKNOWN 0.0

blk-mq: fix tags leak when shrink nr_hw_queues

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Dec 30, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
a846a8e6c9a5949582c5a6a8bbc83a7d27fd891e < c0ef7493e68b8896806a2f598fcffbaa97333405 a846a8e6c9a5949582c5a6a8bbc83a7d27fd891e < e1dd7bc93029024af5688253b0c05181d6e01f8e
Linux / Linux
5.16

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0ef7493e68b8896806a2f598fcffbaa97333405 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1dd7bc93029024af5688253b0c05181d6e01f8e