GHSA-j54v-pxgx-56hg
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-fc: release admin tagset if init fails nvme_fabrics creates an NVMe/FC controller in following path: nvmf_dev_write() -> nvmf_create_ctrl() -> nvme_fc_create_ctrl() -> nvme_fc_init_ctrl() nvme_fc_init_ctrl() allocates the admin blk-mq resources right after nvme_add_ctrl() succeeds. If any of the subsequent steps fail (changing the controller state, scheduling connect work, etc.), we jump to the fail_ctrl path, which tears down the controller references but never frees the admin queue/tag set. The leaked blk-mq allocations match the kmemleak report seen during blktests nvme/fc. Check ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset in the fail_ctrl path and call nvme_remove_admin_tag_set() when it is set so that all admin queue allocations are reclaimed whenever controller setup aborts.
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- 4081.3.7.yml (github-poc)
Timeline
- Mar 18, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23261 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c54d3f5ebbc5982daaa004260242dc07ac943ea url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b134dead095bc5a58fa2b98b90ae93428cb4b328 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1877cc7270302081a315a81a0ee8331f19f95c8 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e810b290922c535feb34bc90ab549446fe94d2a3 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa301aef50e3f3b5be6ee53457608beae5aa7a01 url