CVE-2023-54227

blk-mq: fix tags leak when shrink nr_hw_queues

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM UTC
Updated: October 28, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.16a846a8e6c9a5949582c5a6a8bbc83a7d27fd891e
Vendor states this is fixed in 26d495f0f64d8cd4fcd29206ee5c653ee0e0cbcd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c0ef7493e68b8896806a2f598fcffbaa97333405 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e1dd7bc93029024af5688253b0c05181d6e01f8e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.5HIGHLinux
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