CVE-2026-90187

null_blk: free zones array on device power-off

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Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:07 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: free zones array on device power-off null_init_zoned_dev() allocates dev->zones when a zoned device is powered on, but null_del_dev() never frees it on power-off; dev->zones is only freed later in null_free_dev(), when the configfs directory is removed. If the device is powered off and then on again, null_init_zoned_dev() allocates a new array and overwrites the dev->zones pointer, leaking the previous allocation each power cycle. Free dev->zones in null_del_dev() via null_free_zoned_dev() to solve it. And calling null_free_zoned_dev() in null_free_dev() is no longer necessary because every caller already invokes null_del_dev() first: via nullb_group_drop_item() before nullb_device_release(), in the null_add_dev() error path of null_create_dev(), and in null_destroy_dev(). Remove the redundant call. And take &lock around zone_cond_store() in the two store wrappers to serialize dev->zones check-and-deref against its alloc/free, which already run under &lock. The reason there was no problem before is that only nullb_device_release() or null_exit() frees the dev->zones, which guarantees that subsequent users won't access the configfs interface.

Affected

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

4.19ca4b2a011948fae4e4d31490107db4926385a983
Vendor states this is fixed in 056be41932c95aabdb3c2967d1ef4978f17a0225 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0a3afab87124171022fb3579502fa38ef5b311c9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2a6357a9b935a34f5508618fee8a7fffbf7722a8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b2437d37fcc31fce8a5da1cc1739e284814d2491 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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