CVE-2026-53126

blk-cgroup: fix disk reference leak in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 09:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix disk reference leak in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current() Add the missing put_disk() on the error path in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current(). When blkcg lookup, blkg lookup, or blkg_tryget() fails, the function jumps to the out label which only calls rcu_read_unlock() but does not release the disk reference acquired by blkcg_schedule_throttle() via get_device(). Since current->throttle_disk is already set to NULL before the lookup, blkcg_exit() cannot release this reference either, causing the disk to never be freed. Restore the reference release that was present as blk_put_queue() in the original code but was inadvertently dropped during the conversion from request_queue to gendisk.

Affected

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

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.336.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106.3 ≤ v < 6.12.916.3 ≤ v < 6.18.336.3 ≤ v < 6.6.1416.3 ≤ v < 7.0.106.3 ≤ v < 7.16.7 ≤ v < 6.12.916.3f05837ed73d0c73e950b2d9f2612febb0d3d451e
Vendor states this is fixed in 000e8454692cab9d1f1b80130e2870e355301d06 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 23308af722fefed00af5f238024c11710938fba3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4048ed98860d3785645ebbd34f69566a6c7320c3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 73a5af059905d171b398c8b2381632ee499948b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b3e005f16cd98f815429a87aef4c61e9c140779f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.141 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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