Bug 2424869 (CVE-2025-68348) - CVE-2025-68348 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in block subsystem can lead to denial of service
Summary: CVE-2025-68348 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in block subsystem can lead ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-68348
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 11:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-06 14:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 11:02:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: fix memory leak in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages

Move the fatal signal check before bio_alloc() to prevent a memory
leak when BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE is set and a fatal signal is pending.

Previously, the bio was allocated before checking for a fatal signal.
If a signal was pending, the code would break out of the loop without
freeing or chaining the just-allocated bio, causing a memory leak.

This matches the pattern already used in __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes()
where the signal check precedes the allocation.


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