CVE-2023-54209 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
4.4MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 92.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
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…
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux99d055b4fd4bbb309c6cdb51a0d420669f777944 — aa07e56c6a9c7558165690d14eed4fe8babf34fb+4
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-mxfp-7rqw-mqhc: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage
Commit 99d055b4fd4b ("block: remove↗2025-12-30
OSV▶
CVE-2023-54209: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage Commit 99d055b4fd4b ("block: remove pe↗2025-12-30