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.

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title scsi: target: core: Fix target_cmd_counter leak
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T13:07:04.721Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.529Z

Link: CVE-2023-54154

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:17.407

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:13.147

Link: CVE-2023-54154

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54154 - Bugzilla

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