{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46938","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  dm rq: fix double free of blk_mq_tag_set in dev remove after table load fails  When loading a device-mapper table for a request-based mapped device, and the allocation/initialization of the blk_mq_tag_set for the device fails, a following device remove will cause a double free.  E.g. (dmesg):   device-mapper: core: Cannot initialize queue for request-based dm-mq mapped device   device-mapper: ioctl: unable to set up device queue for new table.   Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space   Failing address: 0305e098835de000 TEID: 0305e098835de803   Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.   AS:000000025efe0007 R3:0000000000000024   Oops: 0038 ilc:3 [#1] SMP   Modules linked in: ... lots of modules ...   Supported: Yes, External   CPU: 0 PID: 7348 Comm: multipathd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W      X    5.3.18-53-default #1 SLE15-SP3   Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 7I2 (LPAR)   Krnl PSW : 0704e00180000000 000000025e368eca (kfree+0x42/0x330)              R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3   Krnl GPRS: 000000000000004a 000000025efe5230 c1773200d779968d 0000000000000000              000000025e520270 000000025e8d1b40 0000000000000003 00000007aae10000              000000025e5202a2 0000000000000001 c1773200d779968d 0305e098835de640              00000007a8170000 000003ff80138650 000000025e5202a2 000003e00396faa8   Krnl Code: 000000025e368eb8: c4180041e100       lgrl    %r1,25eba50b8              000000025e368ebe: ecba06b93a55       risbg   %r11,%r10,6,185,58             #000000025e368ec4: e3b010000008       ag      %r11,0(%r1)             \u003e000000025e368eca: e310b0080004       lg      %r1,8(%r11)              000000025e368ed0: a7110001           tmll    %r1,1              000000025e368ed4: a7740129           brc     7,25e369126              000000025e368ed8: e320b0080004       lg      %r2,8(%r11)              000000025e368ede: b904001b           lgr     %r1,%r11   Call Trace:    [\u003c000000025e368eca\u003e] kfree+0x42/0x330    [\u003c000000025e5202a2\u003e] blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x72/0xb8    [\u003c000003ff801316a8\u003e] dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device+0x38/0x50 [dm_mod]    [\u003c000003ff80120082\u003e] free_dev+0x52/0xd0 [dm_mod]    [\u003c000003ff801233f0\u003e] __dm_destroy+0x150/0x1d0 [dm_mod]    [\u003c000003ff8012bb9a\u003e] dev_remove+0x162/0x1c0 [dm_mod]    [\u003c000003ff8012a988\u003e] ctl_ioctl+0x198/0x478 [dm_mod]    [\u003c000003ff8012ac8a\u003e] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x22/0x38 [dm_mod]    [\u003c000000025e3b11ee\u003e] ksys_ioctl+0xbe/0xe0    [\u003c000000025e3b127a\u003e] __s390x_sys_ioctl+0x2a/0x40    [\u003c000000025e8c15ac\u003e] system_call+0xd8/0x2c8   Last Breaking-Event-Address:    [\u003c000000025e52029c\u003e] blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x6c/0xb8   Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops  When allocation/initialization of the blk_mq_tag_set fails in dm_mq_init_request_queue(), it is uninitialized/freed, but the pointer is not reset to NULL; so when dev_remove() later gets into dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device() it sees the pointer and tries to uninitialize and free it again.  Fix this by setting the pointer to NULL in dm_mq_init_request_queue() error-handling. Also set it to NULL in dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device().","modified":"2026-09-15T09:02:30.440934561Z","published":"2024-02-27T19:04:05.823Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-46938"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46938"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.10.38-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46938.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.10.38-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46938.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.10.38-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46938.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}