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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2026· Updated May 22, 2026

CVE-2026-23261

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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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel11 versions
    cpe: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
  • osv-coords
    Range: < 6.6.124

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