CVE-2026-53319

blk-wbt: remove WARN_ON_ONCE from wbt_init_enable_default()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 26, 2026 at 07:41 PM UTC
Updated: July 6, 2026 at 08:23 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-wbt: remove WARN_ON_ONCE from wbt_init_enable_default() wbt_init_enable_default() uses WARN_ON_ONCE to check for failures from wbt_alloc() and wbt_init(). However, both are expected failure paths: - wbt_alloc() can return NULL under memory pressure (-ENOMEM) - wbt_init() can fail with -EBUSY if wbt is already registered syzbot triggers this by injecting memory allocation failures during MTD partition creation via ioctl(BLKPG), causing a spurious warning. wbt_init_enable_default() is a best-effort initialization called from blk_register_queue() with a void return type. Failure simply means the disk operates without writeback throttling, which is harmless. Replace WARN_ON_ONCE with plain if-checks, consistent with how wbt_set_lat() in the same file already handles these failures. Add a pr_warn() for the wbt_init() failure to retain diagnostic information without triggering a full stack trace.

Affected

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

7.0 ≤ v < 7.0.107.0 ≤ v < 7.141afaeeda5099d9cd07eaa7dc6c3d20c6f1dd9e97.0
Vendor states this is fixed in e9b004ff83067cdf96774b45aea4b239ace99a2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fd7a982657077469802594a5165bc30b9a55af70 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-617

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