FKIE_CVE-2023-54154

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-24 13:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:46
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: core: Fix target_cmd_counter leak The target_cmd_counter struct allocated via target_alloc_cmd_counter() is never freed, resulting in leaks across various transport types, e.g.: unreferenced object 0xffff88801f920120 (size 96): comm "sh", pid 102, jiffies 4294892535 (age 713.412s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 01 92 1f 80 88 ff ff ........8....... backtrace: [<00000000e58a6252>] kmalloc_trace+0x11/0x20 [<0000000043af4b2f>] target_alloc_cmd_counter+0x17/0x90 [target_core_mod] [<000000007da2dfa7>] target_setup_session+0x2d/0x140 [target_core_mod] [<0000000068feef86>] tcm_loop_tpg_nexus_store+0x19b/0x350 [tcm_loop] [<000000006a80e021>] configfs_write_iter+0xb1/0x120 [<00000000e9f4d860>] vfs_write+0x2e4/0x3c0 [<000000008143433b>] ksys_write+0x80/0xb0 [<00000000a7df29b2>] do_syscall_64+0x42/0x90 [<0000000053f45fb8>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 Free the structure alongside the corresponding iscsit_conn / se_sess parent.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cd41d1669bcbc5052afa897f85608a62ff3fb30
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14e3e553e05cb763964c991fe6acb0a6a1c6f9c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84639c5ac5f4f95b3992da1af4ff382ebf2e819
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  "affected": [
    {
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        {
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          "product": "Linux",
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            "drivers/target/target_core_transport.c"
          ],
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    }
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: core: Fix target_cmd_counter leak\n\nThe target_cmd_counter struct allocated via target_alloc_cmd_counter() is\nnever freed, resulting in leaks across various transport types, e.g.:\n\n unreferenced object 0xffff88801f920120 (size 96):\n  comm \"sh\", pid 102, jiffies 4294892535 (age 713.412s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 01 92 1f 80 88 ff ff  ........8.......\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003c00000000e58a6252\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x11/0x20\n    [\u003c0000000043af4b2f\u003e] target_alloc_cmd_counter+0x17/0x90 [target_core_mod]\n    [\u003c000000007da2dfa7\u003e] target_setup_session+0x2d/0x140 [target_core_mod]\n    [\u003c0000000068feef86\u003e] tcm_loop_tpg_nexus_store+0x19b/0x350 [tcm_loop]\n    [\u003c000000006a80e021\u003e] configfs_write_iter+0xb1/0x120\n    [\u003c00000000e9f4d860\u003e] vfs_write+0x2e4/0x3c0\n    [\u003c000000008143433b\u003e] ksys_write+0x80/0xb0\n    [\u003c00000000a7df29b2\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x42/0x90\n    [\u003c0000000053f45fb8\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8\n\nFree the structure alongside the corresponding iscsit_conn / se_sess\nparent."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-54154",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:46:54.023",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-24T13:16:17.407",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cd41d1669bcbc5052afa897f85608a62ff3fb30"
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}



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