scsi: sd: fix missing put_disk() when device_add(&disk_dev) fails
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: fix missing put_disk() when device_add(&disk_dev) fails If device_add(&sdkp->disk_dev) fails, put_device() runs scsi_disk_release(), which frees the scsi_disk but leaves the gendisk referenced. The device_add_disk() error path in sd_probe() calls put_disk(gd); call put_disk(gd) here to mirror that cleanup.
CVE-2026-45997
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-45997
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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