CVE-2026-23261
Description
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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13cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.6.118,<6.6.124
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6.18
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