null_blk: fix kmemleak by releasing references to fault configfs items (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: fix kmemleak by releasing references to fault configfs items When CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NULL_BLK_FAULT_INJECTION is enabled, the null-blk driver sets up fault injection support by creating the timeout_inject, requeue_inject, and init_hctx_fault_inject configfs items as children of the top-level nullbX configfs group. However, when the nullbX device is removed, the references taken to these fault-config configfs items are not released. As a result, kmemleak reports a memory leak, for example: unreferenced object 0xc00000021ff25c40 (size 32): comm "mkdir", pid 10665, jiffies 4322121578 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 69 6e 69 74 5f 68 63 74 78 5f 66 61 75 6c 74 5f init_hctx_fault_ 69 6e 6a 65 63 74 00 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 inject.......... backtrace (crc 1a018c86): __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x494/0xbd8 kvasprintf+0x74/0xf4 config_item_set_name+0xf0/0x104 config_group_init_type_name+0x48/0xfc fault_config_init+0x48/0xf0 0xc0080000180559e4 configfs_mkdir+0x304/0x814 vfs_mkdir+0x49c/0x604 do_mkdirat+0x314/0x3d0 sys_mkdir+0xa0/0xd8 system_call_exception+0x1b0/0x4f0 system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec Fix this by explicitly releasing the references to the fault-config configfs items when dropping the reference to the top-level nullbX configfs group.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a3286edf4d48ce37f8982ff3c3b65159a5ecbb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ba448ccd595d5d65e197216cf781a87db2b28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1718da051282698aa8fa150bebb9724f6389fda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40b94ec7edbbb867c4e26a1a43d2b898f04b93c5
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-5062
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-23032
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1093 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0954 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0926 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0831 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0787 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0746 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0663 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0638 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0166 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea < 1a3286edf4d48ce37f8982ff3c3b65159a5ecbb2 ; affected bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea < d59ba448ccd595d5d65e197216cf781a87db2b28 ; affected bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea < f1718da051282698aa8fa150bebb9724f6389fda ; affected bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea < 40b94ec7edbbb867c4e26a1a43d2b898f04b93c5 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.4 ; unaffected 0 < 6.4 ; unaffected 6.6.122 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.67 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.7 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |