Bug 2426012 (CVE-2023-54209)

Summary: CVE-2023-54209 kernel: block: fix blktrace debugfs entries leakage
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-30 13:01:56 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.