Bug 2536266 (CVE-2026-90188) - CVE-2026-90188 kernel: null_blk: free global tag_set on init error path
Summary: CVE-2026-90188 kernel: null_blk: free global tag_set on init error path
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90188
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:13 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-05 18:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:13:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

null_blk: free global tag_set on init error path

If shared_tags is enabled, null_setup_tagset() allocates the global tag_set
via null_init_global_tag_set(). If device creation later fails, err_dev
destroys the default devices and calls unregister_blkdev(), but never frees
the global tag_set. Since module init failed, null_exit() is never invoked,
so the global tag_set's tags and maps are permanently leaked.

Free the global tag_set in err_dev, matching null_exit() which does
if (tag_set.ops) blk_mq_free_tag_set(&tag_set).


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