block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage Commit 99d055b4fd4b ("block: remove per-disk debugfs files in blk_unregister_queue") moves blk_trace_shutdown() from blk_release_queue() to blk_unregister_queue(), this is safe if blktrace is created through sysfs, however, there is a regression in corner case. blktrace can still be enabled after del_gendisk() through ioctl if the disk is opened before del_gendisk(), and if blktrace is not shutdown through ioctl before closing the disk, debugfs entries will be leaked. Fix this problem by shutdown blktrace in disk_release(), this is safe because blk_trace_remove() is reentrant.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-54209
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 03:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 30 Dec 2025, 12:11 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage Commit 99d055b4fd4b ("block: remove per-disk debugfs files in blk_unregister_queue") moves blk_trace_shutdown() from blk_release_queue() to blk_unregister_queue(), this is safe if blktrace is created through sysfs, however, there is a regression in corner case. blktrace can still be enabled after del_gendisk() through ioctl if the disk is opened before del_gendisk(), and if blktrace is not shutdown through ioctl before closing the disk, debugfs entries will be leaked. Fix this problem by shutdown blktrace in disk_release(), this is safe because blk_trace_remove() is reentrant.
osv:CVE-2023-54209
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4
Complete source record
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