CVE-2024-0443 — Kernel: blkio memory leakage due to blkcg and some blkgs are not freed after they are made offline.
A flaw was found in the blkgs destruction path in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel, leading to a cgroup blkio memory leakage problem. When a cgroup is being destroyed, cgr…
Published: 2024-01-11 · CVSS: 5.5 · CVSS 3.1
A flaw was found in the blkgs destruction path in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel, leading to a cgroup blkio memory leakage problem. When a cgroup is being destroyed, cgroup_rstat_flush() is only called at css_release_work_fn(), which is called when the blkcg reference count reaches 0. This circular dependency will prevent blkcg and some blkgs from being freed after they are made offline. This issue may allow an attacker with a local access to cause system instability, such as an out of memory error.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7