Description
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.
Published: 2024-01-11
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

This flaw can be mitigated with the possible workaround identified below: - systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 or - cgroup_disable=blkio

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-16238 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.
History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Fedoraproject Fedora
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-07T13:08:14.692Z

Reserved: 2024-01-11T20:41:30.877Z

Link: CVE-2024-0443

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:04:49.703Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T00:15:45.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:46:36.010

Link: CVE-2024-0443

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-0443 - Bugzilla

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