---
id: CVE-2024-53166
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth()

  Set new allocated bfqq to bic or remove freed bfqq from bic are both
  protected by bfqd->lock, however bfq_limit_depth() i…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth()

  Set new allocated bfqq to bic or remove freed bfqq from bic are both
  protected by bfqd->lock, however bfq_limit_depth() i…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-416
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.17, < 6.6.64'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.11'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.2'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.12.2
published: '2024-12-27'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:19:15.150'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53166'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a853faaeaf3379ccf358ade582b1d28752126e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906cdbdd3b018ff69cc830173bce277a847d4fdc'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ada4ca5fd5a9d5212f28164d49a4885951c979c9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaa738afde55085ac6056252e319479cf23cde2'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8b8344de3980709080d86c157d24e7de07d70ad'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00259
epssPercentile: 0.17508
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.772Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2025-02-10T17:13:21.417315Z'
---

## Overview

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

block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth()

Set new allocated bfqq to bic or remove freed bfqq from bic are both
protected by bfqd->lock, however bfq_limit_depth() is deferencing bfqq
from bic without the lock, this can lead to UAF if the io_context is
shared by multiple tasks.

For example, test bfq with io_uring can trigger following UAF in v6.6:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bfqq_group+0x15/0x50

Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x80
 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x66/0x300
 print_report+0x3e/0x70
 kasan_report+0xb4/0xf0
 bfqq_group+0x15/0x50
 bfqq_request_over_limit+0x130/0x9a0
 bfq_limit_depth+0x1b5/0x480
 __blk_mq_alloc_requests+0x2b5/0xa00
 blk_mq_get_new_requests+0x11d/0x1d0
 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x286/0xb00
 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x331/0x400
 __block_write_full_folio+0x3d0/0x640
 writepage_cb+0x3b/0xc0
 write_cache_pages+0x254/0x6c0
 write_cache_pages+0x254/0x6c0
 do_writepages+0x192/0x310
 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x95/0xc0
 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x99/0xd0
 filemap_write_and_wait_range.part.0+0x4d/0xa0
 blkdev_read_iter+0xef/0x1e0
 io_read+0x1b6/0x8a0
 io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300
 io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390
 io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550
 io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 808602:
 kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x83/0x90
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b1/0x6d0
 bfq_get_queue+0x138/0xfa0
 bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0xe3/0x2c0
 bfq_init_rq+0x196/0xbb0
 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xb5/0x480
 bfq_insert_requests+0x156/0x180
 blk_mq_insert_request+0x15d/0x440
 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x8a4/0xb00
 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x331/0x400
 __blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x2dd/0x330
 blkdev_write_iter+0x39a/0x450
 io_write+0x22a/0x840
 io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300
 io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390
 io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550
 io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0
 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

Freed by task 808589:
 kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30
 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40
 __kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1b0
 kmem_cache_free+0x10c/0x750
 bfq_put_queue+0x2dd/0x770
 __bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0x155/0x7a0
 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0x122/0x480
 bfq_insert_requests+0x156/0x180
 blk_mq_dispatch_plug_list+0x528/0x7e0
 blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+0xe5/0x590
 __blk_flush_plug+0x3b/0x90
 blk_finish_plug+0x40/0x60
 do_writepages+0x19d/0x310
 filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x95/0xc0
 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0x99/0xd0
 filemap_write_and_wait_range.part.0+0x4d/0xa0
 blkdev_read_iter+0xef/0x1e0
 io_read+0x1b6/0x8a0
 io_issue_sqe+0x87/0x300
 io_wq_submit_work+0xeb/0x390
 io_worker_handle_work+0x24d/0x550
 io_wq_worker+0x27f/0x6c0
 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

Fix the problem by protecting bic_to_bfqq() with bfqd->lock.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.17, < 6.6.64`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.11`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.12.2`