CVE-2025-68348
Published: Dec 24, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix memory leak in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages Move the fatal signal check before bio_alloc() to prevent a memory leak when BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE is set and a fatal signal is pending. Previously, the bio was allocated before checking for a fatal signal. If a signal was pending, the code would break out of the loop without freeing or chaining the just-allocated bio, causing a memory leak. This matches the pattern already used in __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes() where the signal check precedes the allocation.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected bf86bcdb40123ee99669ee91b67e023669433a1a - < 453e4b0c84d0db1454ff0adf655d91179e6fca3aaffected bf86bcdb40123ee99669ee91b67e023669433a1a - < 7957635c679e8a01147163a3a4a1f16e1210fa03affected bf86bcdb40123ee99669ee91b67e023669433a1a - < 7193407bc4457212fa38ec3aff9c640e63a8dbefaffected bf86bcdb40123ee99669ee91b67e023669433a1a - < f7e3f852a42d7cd8f1af2c330d9d153e30c8adcf |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.11unaffected 0 - < 6.11unaffected 6.12.63 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.17.13 - <= 6.17.*unaffected 6.18.2 - <= 6.18.*+1 more versions |
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