CVE-2026-53060

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's device-mapper (dm) cache metadata. This memory leak vulnerability occurs when the dm_cache_metadata_abort function fails to acquire the root lock because the block manager is read-only, leading to the improper release of a temporary block manager. A local attacker could exploit this by repeatedly reloading a new table while the metadata is read-only, potentially leading to memory exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS).

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