DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53421
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: Reinit blkg_iostat_set after clearing in blkcg_reset_stats() When blkg_alloc() is called to allocate a blkcg_gq structure with the associated blkg_iostat_set's, there are 2 fields within blkg_iostat_set that requires proper initialization - blkg & sync. The former field was introduced by commit 3b8cc6298724 ("blk-cgroup: Optimize blkcg_rstat_flush()") while the later one was introduced by commit f73316482977 ("blk-cgroup: reimplement basic IO stats using cgroup rstat"). Unfortunately those fields in the blkg_iostat_set's are not properly re-initialized when they are cleared in v1's blkcg_reset_stats(). This can lead to a kernel panic due to NULL pointer access of the blkg pointer. The missing initialization of sync is less problematic and can be a problem in a debug kernel due to missing lockdep initialization. Fix these problems by re-initializing them after memory clearing.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | linux | 6.1.140-1, 6.15~rc7-1~exp1, 6.16-1~exp1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.119-1, 6.1.123-1, 6.1.124-1 |
| Debian:11 | linux-6.1 | 6.1.129-1, 6.1.137-1, 6.1.140-1 |
Timeline
- Sep 18, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated