CVE-2025-38620
Published: Aug 22, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: zloop: fix KASAN use-after-free of tag set When a zoned loop device, or zloop device, is removed, KASAN enabled kernel reports "BUG KASAN use-after-free" in blk_mq_free_tag_set(). The BUG happens because zloop_ctl_remove() calls put_disk(), which invokes zloop_free_disk(). The zloop_free_disk() frees the memory allocated for the zlo pointer. However, after the memory is freed, zloop_ctl_remove() calls blk_mq_free_tag_set(&zlo->tag_set), which accesses the freed zlo. Hence the KASAN use-after-free. zloop_ctl_remove() put_disk(zlo->disk) put_device() kobject_put() ... zloop_free_disk() kvfree(zlo) blk_mq_free_tag_set(&zlo->tag_set) To avoid the BUG, move the call to blk_mq_free_tag_set(&zlo->tag_set) from zloop_ctl_remove() into zloop_free_disk(). This ensures that the tag_set is freed before the call to kvfree(zlo).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected eb0570c7df23c2f32fe899fcdaf8fca9a5ecd51e - < c7c87046b41a9ef28ee7ac476c369da5b5228bc5affected eb0570c7df23c2f32fe899fcdaf8fca9a5ecd51e - < 765761851d89c772f482494d452e266795460278 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.16unaffected 0 - < 6.16unaffected 6.16.1 - <= 6.16.*unaffected 6.17 - <= * |
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