{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23032", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.942Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-31T11:42:11.640Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-02T13:00:53.339Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:58:41.157Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnull_blk: fix kmemleak by releasing references to fault configfs items\n\nWhen CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NULL_BLK_FAULT_INJECTION is enabled, the null-blk\ndriver sets up fault injection support by creating the timeout_inject,\nrequeue_inject, and init_hctx_fault_inject configfs items as children\nof the top-level nullbX configfs group.\n\nHowever, when the nullbX device is removed, the references taken to\nthese fault-config configfs items are not released. As a result,\nkmemleak reports a memory leak, for example:\n\nunreferenced object 0xc00000021ff25c40 (size 32):\n comm \"mkdir\", pid 10665, jiffies 4322121578\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 69 6e 69 74 5f 68 63 74 78 5f 66 61 75 6c 74 5f init_hctx_fault_\n 69 6e 6a 65 63 74 00 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 inject..........\n backtrace (crc 1a018c86):\n __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x494/0xbd8\n kvasprintf+0x74/0xf4\n config_item_set_name+0xf0/0x104\n config_group_init_type_name+0x48/0xfc\n fault_config_init+0x48/0xf0\n 0xc0080000180559e4\n configfs_mkdir+0x304/0x814\n vfs_mkdir+0x49c/0x604\n do_mkdirat+0x314/0x3d0\n sys_mkdir+0xa0/0xd8\n system_call_exception+0x1b0/0x4f0\n system_call_vectored_common+0x15c/0x2ec\n\nFix this by explicitly releasing the references to the fault-config\nconfigfs items when dropping the reference to the top-level nullbX\nconfigfs group." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/block/null_blk/main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea", "lessThan": "1a3286edf4d48ce37f8982ff3c3b65159a5ecbb2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea", "lessThan": "d59ba448ccd595d5d65e197216cf781a87db2b28", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea", "lessThan": "f1718da051282698aa8fa150bebb9724f6389fda", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "bb4c19e030f45c5416f1eb4daa94fbaf7165e9ea", "lessThan": "40b94ec7edbbb867c4e26a1a43d2b898f04b93c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/block/null_blk/main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.4", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.4", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.122", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.67", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.122" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.67" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a3286edf4d48ce37f8982ff3c3b65159a5ecbb2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ba448ccd595d5d65e197216cf781a87db2b28" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1718da051282698aa8fa150bebb9724f6389fda" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40b94ec7edbbb867c4e26a1a43d2b898f04b93c5" } ], "title": "null_blk: fix kmemleak by releasing references to fault configfs items", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "x_adpType": "supplier", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "shortName": "siemens-SADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-02T13:00:53.339Z" }, "affected": [ { "vendor": "Siemens", "product": "RUGGEDCOM RST2428P", "versions": [ { "status": "affected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "V4.0", "versionType": "custom" } ], "defaultStatus": "unknown" } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html" } ] } ] } }