CVE-2026-23261 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
3.3LOW
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme-fc: release admin tagset if init fails
nvme_fabrics creates an NVMe/FC controller in following path:
nvmf_dev_write()
-> nvmf_create_ctrl()
-> nvme_fc_create_ctrl()
-> nvme_fc_init_ctrl()
nvme_fc_init_ctrl() allocates the admin blk-mq resources right after
nvme_add_ctrl() succeeds. If any of the subsequent steps fail (changing
the controller state, scheduling connect work, etc.), we jump to the
fail_ctrl path, which tea…
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux5fe335a80548e2eda5d51fab801108b323600e95 — 7c54d3f5ebbc5982daaa004260242dc07ac943ea+5
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CVE-2026-23261: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-fc: release admin tagset if init fails nvme_fabrics creates an NVMe/FC contro↗2026-03-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-j54v-pxgx-56hg: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme-fc: release admin tagset if init fails
nvme_fabrics creates an NVMe/FC cont↗2026-03-18