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.
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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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Advisories
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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. |
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Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-07T13:08:14.692Z
Reserved: 2024-01-11T20:41:30.877Z
Link: CVE-2024-0443
Updated: 2024-08-01T18:04:49.703Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-01-12T00:15:45.230
Modified: 2024-11-21T08:46:36.010
Link: CVE-2024-0443
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