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CVE-2026-53126

VendorlinuxProductlinux kernelDiscoveredJun 24, 2026UpdatedJul 23, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix disk reference leak in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current() Add the missing put_disk() on the error path in blkcg_maybe_throttle_current(). When blkcg lookup, blkg lookup, or blkg_tryget() fails, the function jumps to the out label which only calls rcu_read_unlock() but does not release the disk reference acquired by blkcg_schedule_throttle() via get_device(). Since current->throttle_disk is already set to NULL before the lookup, blkcg_exit() cannot release this reference either, causing the disk to never be freed. Restore the reference release that was present as blk_put_queue() in the original code but was inadvertently dropped during the conversion from request_queue to gendisk.

CVSS v3.1
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.11%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
25
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Intelligence Reports1
1 intelligence report available

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EPSS Trend
Aug 26, 2026 → Sep 27, 2026
▼ 0.05pp
0.16% → 0.11% over 4 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
26 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jun 24, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jul 23, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8566-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8567-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8568-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Jul 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8569-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Jul 21, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8574-1: Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8593-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8574-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8595-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Jul 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8596-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8603-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8595-2: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8606-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8607-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8608-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Jul 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8609-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Jul 28, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 28, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8574-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jul 28, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8595-3: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Jul 28, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8619-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Aug 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8663-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Aug 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8664-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilities
Aug 20, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8665-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Sep 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8728-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Sep 22, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8728-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Sep 29, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8728-3: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities