CVE-2026-53060

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53060
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53060.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-53060
Downstream
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
ECHO (1)
openSUSE (1)
ROOT (2)
SUSE (11)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (11)
Published
2026-06-24T16:30:04Z
Modified
2026-10-08T02:51:04Z
Summary
dm cache metadata: fix memory leak on metadata abort retry
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm cache metadata: fix memory leak on metadata abort retry

When failing to acquire the root_lock in dm_cache_metadata_abort because the block_manager is read-only, the temporary block_manager created outside the root_lock is not properly released, causing a memory leak.

Reproduce steps:

This can be reproduced by reloading a new table while the metadata is read-only. While the second call to dm_cache_metadata_abort is caused by lack of support for table preload in dm-cache, mentioned in commit 9b1cc9f251af ("dm cache: share cache-metadata object across inactive and active DM tables"), it exposes the memory leak in dm_cache_metadata_abort when the function is called multiple times. Specifically, dm-cache fails to sync the new cache object's mode during preresume, creating the reproducer condition.

This issue could also occur through concurrent metadata_operation_failed calls due to races in cache mode updates, but the table preload scenario below provides a reliable reproducer.

  1. Create a cache device with some faulty trailing metadata blocks

dmsetup create cmeta <<EOF 0 200 linear /dev/sdc 0 200 7992 error EOF dmsetup create cdata --table "0 131072 linear /dev/sdc 8192" dmsetup create corig --table "0 262144 linear /dev/sdc 262144" dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/cmeta bs=4k count=1 oflag=direct dmsetup create cache --table "0 131072 cache /dev/mapper/cmeta
/dev/mapper/cdata /dev/mapper/corig 128 1 writethrough smq 0"

  1. Suspend and resume the cache to start a new metadata transaction and trigger metadata io errors on the next metadata commit.

dmsetup suspend cache dmsetup resume cache

  1. Write to the cache device to update metadata

fio --filename=/dev/mapper/cache --name test --rw=randwrite --bs=4k
--randrepeat=0 --direct=1 --size 64k

  1. Preload the same table

dmsetup reload cache --table "$(dmsetup table cache)"

  1. Resume the new table. This triggers the memory leak.

dmsetup suspend cache dmsetup resume cache

kmemleak logs:

unreferenced object 0xffff8880080c2010 (size 16): comm "dmsetup", pid 132, jiffies 4294982580 hex dump (first 16 bytes): 00 38 b9 07 80 88 ff ff 6a 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b a5 ... backtrace (crc 3118f31c): kmemleak_alloc+0x28/0x40 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3d9/0x510 dm_block_manager_create+0x51/0x140 dm_cache_metadata_abort+0x85/0x320 metadata_operation_failed+0x103/0x1e0 cache_preresume+0xacd/0xe70 dm_table_resume_targets+0xd3/0x320 __dm_resume+0x1b/0xf0 dm_resume+0x127/0x170
Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53060.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b45e77b79215405bd039a690f5b06cc03e8ed27d
Fixed
14f60e957f34f95a626caec76a8fae88cf4c397f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
28d307f380df88a598bc0186d527462902d9bda1
Fixed
6b97cc7a42905755c56bbddc33aa8b792205caee
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
f74b7c5a85e22cd9091845e0d62a1dd89d0f855f
Fixed
d1a79620c419a0af1911f99c873014b30740e303
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
352b837a5541690d4f843819028cf2b8be83d424
Fixed
15c30997dca681f90dbf2d45ee629c1828bf0c0d
Fixed
b0bd35535bdb6f58505f3a30ee5793986943997a
Fixed
322a3b70368d49e39591fe9fc6c07d262128b05f
Fixed
4311ca59a1891d33c4c8b7946f98c34f167fe833
Fixed
044ca491d4086dc5bf233e9fcb71db52df32f633
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.10.163
Fixed
5.10.258
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.15.87
Fixed
5.15.209
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.1.4
Fixed
6.1.175
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.9.337
Fixed
4.10
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.14.303
Fixed
4.15
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4.19.270
Fixed
4.20
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.4.229
Fixed
5.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.0.18
Fixed
6.1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6e237cacda8b4e976849e7bff9fe7dff0e968586
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3972ae47d0ee9b5b434af5d0cca6cdfd1e239d4f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9958f5ffc44530b650fb4cc9038a4d167fa4f5c1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
f472bfc95d9c9653172dbdad39219b32fabf9b92
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
bdd4e106929ac943f3226d8f03754b480701e97b

Affected versions

v4.*
v4.14.303
v4.14.304
v4.14.305
v4.14.306
v4.14.307
v4.14.308
v4.14.309
v4.14.310
v4.14.311
v4.14.312
v4.14.313
v4.14.314
v4.14.315
v4.14.316
v4.14.317
v4.14.318
v4.14.319
v4.14.320
v4.14.321
v4.14.322
v4.14.323
v4.14.324
v4.14.325
v4.14.326
v4.14.327
v4.14.328
v4.14.329
v4.14.330
v4.14.331
v4.14.332
v4.14.333
v4.14.334
v4.14.335
v4.14.336
v4.19.270
v4.19.271
v4.19.272
v4.19.273
v4.19.274
v4.19.275
v4.19.276
v4.19.277
v4.19.278
v4.19.279
v4.19.280
v4.19.281
v4.19.282
v4.19.283
v4.19.284
v4.19.285
v4.19.286
v4.19.287
v4.19.288
v4.19.289
v4.19.290
v4.19.291
v4.19.292
v4.19.293
v4.19.294
v4.19.295
v4.19.296
v4.19.297
v4.19.298
v4.19.299
v4.19.300
v4.19.301
v4.19.302
v4.19.303
v4.19.304
v4.19.305
v4.19.306
v4.19.307
v4.19.308
v4.19.309
v4.19.310
v4.19.311
v4.19.312
v4.19.313
v4.19.314
v4.19.315
v4.19.316
v4.19.317
v4.19.318
v4.19.319
v4.19.320
v4.19.321
v4.19.322
v4.19.323
v4.19.324
v4.19.325
v4.9.337
v5.*
v5.10.163
v5.10.164
v5.10.165
v5.10.166
v5.10.167
v5.10.168
v5.10.169
v5.10.170
v5.10.171
v5.10.172
v5.10.173
v5.10.174
v5.10.175
v5.10.176
v5.10.177
v5.10.178
v5.10.179
v5.10.180
v5.10.181
v5.10.182
v5.10.183
v5.10.184
v5.10.185
v5.10.186
v5.10.187
v5.10.188
v5.10.189
v5.10.190
v5.10.191
v5.10.192
v5.10.193
v5.10.194
v5.10.195
v5.10.196
v5.10.197
v5.10.198
v5.10.199
v5.10.200
v5.10.201
v5.10.202
v5.10.203
v5.10.204
v5.10.205
v5.10.206
v5.10.207
v5.10.208
v5.10.209
v5.10.210
v5.10.211
v5.10.212
v5.10.213
v5.10.214
v5.10.215
v5.10.216
v5.10.217
v5.10.218
v5.10.219
v5.10.220
v5.10.221
v5.10.222
v5.10.223
v5.10.224
v5.10.225
v5.10.226
v5.10.227
v5.10.228
v5.10.229
v5.10.230
v5.10.231
v5.10.232
v5.10.233
v5.10.234
v5.10.235
v5.10.236
v5.10.237
v5.10.238
v5.10.239
v5.10.240
v5.10.241
v5.10.242
v5.10.243
v5.10.244
v5.10.245
v5.10.246
v5.10.247
v5.10.248
v5.10.249
v5.10.250
v5.10.251
v5.10.252
v5.10.253
v5.10.254
v5.10.255
v5.10.256
v5.10.257
v5.15.100
v5.15.101
v5.15.102
v5.15.103
v5.15.104
v5.15.105
v5.15.106
v5.15.107
v5.15.108
v5.15.109
v5.15.110
v5.15.111
v5.15.112
v5.15.113
v5.15.114
v5.15.115
v5.15.116
v5.15.117
v5.15.118
v5.15.119
v5.15.120
v5.15.121
v5.15.122
v5.15.123
v5.15.124
v5.15.125
v5.15.126
v5.15.127
v5.15.128
v5.15.129
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v5.15.132
v5.15.133
v5.15.134
v5.15.135
v5.15.136
v5.15.137
v5.15.138
v5.15.139
v5.15.140
v5.15.141
v5.15.142
v5.15.143
v5.15.144
v5.15.145
v5.15.146
v5.15.147
v5.15.148
v5.15.149
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.153
v5.15.154
v5.15.155
v5.15.156
v5.15.157
v5.15.158
v5.15.159
v5.15.160
v5.15.161
v5.15.162
v5.15.163
v5.15.164
v5.15.165
v5.15.166
v5.15.167
v5.15.168
v5.15.169
v5.15.170
v5.15.171
v5.15.172
v5.15.173
v5.15.174
v5.15.175
v5.15.176
v5.15.177
v5.15.178
v5.15.179
v5.15.180
v5.15.181
v5.15.182
v5.15.183
v5.15.184
v5.15.185
v5.15.186
v5.15.187
v5.15.188
v5.15.189
v5.15.190
v5.15.191
v5.15.192
v5.15.193
v5.15.194
v5.15.195
v5.15.196
v5.15.197
v5.15.198
v5.15.199
v5.15.200
v5.15.201
v5.15.202
v5.15.203
v5.15.204
v5.15.205
v5.15.206
v5.15.207
v5.15.208
v5.15.87
v5.15.88
v5.15.89
v5.15.90
v5.15.91
v5.15.92
v5.15.93
v5.15.94
v5.15.95
v5.15.96
v5.15.97
v5.15.98
v5.15.99
v5.4.229
v5.4.230
v5.4.231
v5.4.232
v5.4.233
v5.4.234
v5.4.235
v5.4.236
v5.4.237
v5.4.238
v5.4.239
v5.4.240
v5.4.241
v5.4.242
v5.4.243
v5.4.244
v5.4.245
v5.4.246
v5.4.247
v5.4.248
v5.4.249
v5.4.250
v5.4.251
v5.4.252
v5.4.253
v5.4.254
v5.4.255
v5.4.256
v5.4.257
v5.4.258
v5.4.259
v5.4.260
v5.4.261
v5.4.262
v5.4.263
v5.4.264
v5.4.265
v5.4.266
v5.4.267
v5.4.268
v5.4.269
v5.4.270
v5.4.271
v5.4.272
v5.4.273
v5.4.274
v5.4.275
v5.4.276
v5.4.277
v5.4.278
v5.4.279
v5.4.280
v5.4.281
v5.4.282
v5.4.283
v5.4.284
v5.4.285
v5.4.286
v5.4.287
v5.4.288
v5.4.289
v5.4.290
v5.4.291
v5.4.292
v5.4.293
v5.4.294
v5.4.295
v5.4.296
v5.4.297
v5.4.298
v5.4.299
v5.4.300
v5.4.301
v5.4.302
v6.*
v6.0.18
v6.0.19
v6.1.10
v6.1.100
v6.1.101
v6.1.102
v6.1.103
v6.1.104
v6.1.105
v6.1.106
v6.1.107
v6.1.108
v6.1.109
v6.1.11
v6.1.110
v6.1.111
v6.1.112
v6.1.113
v6.1.114
v6.1.115
v6.1.116
v6.1.117
v6.1.118
v6.1.119
v6.1.12
v6.1.120
v6.1.121
v6.1.122
v6.1.123
v6.1.124
v6.1.125
v6.1.126
v6.1.127
v6.1.128
v6.1.129
v6.1.13
v6.1.130
v6.1.131
v6.1.132
v6.1.133
v6.1.134
v6.1.135
v6.1.136
v6.1.137
v6.1.138
v6.1.139
v6.1.14
v6.1.140
v6.1.141
v6.1.142
v6.1.143
v6.1.144
v6.1.145
v6.1.146
v6.1.147
v6.1.148
v6.1.149
v6.1.15
v6.1.150
v6.1.151
v6.1.152
v6.1.153
v6.1.154
v6.1.155
v6.1.156
v6.1.157
v6.1.158
v6.1.159
v6.1.16
v6.1.160
v6.1.161
v6.1.162
v6.1.163
v6.1.164
v6.1.165
v6.1.166
v6.1.167
v6.1.168
v6.1.169
v6.1.17
v6.1.170
v6.1.171
v6.1.172
v6.1.173
v6.1.174
v6.1.18
v6.1.19
v6.1.20
v6.1.21
v6.1.22
v6.1.23
v6.1.24
v6.1.25
v6.1.26
v6.1.27
v6.1.28
v6.1.29
v6.1.30
v6.1.31
v6.1.32
v6.1.33
v6.1.34
v6.1.35
v6.1.36
v6.1.37
v6.1.38
v6.1.39
v6.1.4
v6.1.40
v6.1.41
v6.1.42
v6.1.43
v6.1.44
v6.1.45
v6.1.46
v6.1.47
v6.1.48
v6.1.49
v6.1.5
v6.1.50
v6.1.51
v6.1.52
v6.1.53
v6.1.54
v6.1.55
v6.1.56
v6.1.57
v6.1.58
v6.1.59
v6.1.6
v6.1.60
v6.1.61
v6.1.62
v6.1.63
v6.1.64
v6.1.65
v6.1.66
v6.1.67
v6.1.68
v6.1.69
v6.1.7
v6.1.70
v6.1.71
v6.1.72
v6.1.73
v6.1.74
v6.1.75
v6.1.76
v6.1.77
v6.1.78
v6.1.79
v6.1.8
v6.1.80
v6.1.81
v6.1.82
v6.1.83
v6.1.84
v6.1.85
v6.1.86
v6.1.87
v6.1.88
v6.1.89
v6.1.9
v6.1.90
v6.1.91
v6.1.92
v6.1.93
v6.1.94
v6.1.95
v6.1.96
v6.1.97
v6.1.98
v6.1.99

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53060.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.258
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.209
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.175
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.141
Fixed
6.12.91
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.18.33
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
7.0.10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53060.json"