{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-45955", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.088Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-27T12:18:10.951Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:28:54.212Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:28:54.212Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/md-llbitmap: fix percpu_ref not resurrected on suspend timeout\n\nWhen llbitmap_suspend_timeout() times out waiting for percpu_ref to\nbecome zero, it returns -ETIMEDOUT without resurrecting the percpu_ref.\nThe caller (md_llbitmap_daemon_fn) then continues to the next page\nwithout calling llbitmap_resume(), leaving the percpu_ref in a killed\nstate permanently.\n\nFix this by resurrecting the percpu_ref before returning the error,\nensuring the page control structure remains usable for subsequent\noperations." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The flaw is in the MD lockless bitmap (`md-llbitmap`), reached only from the block/MD write path (`md_bitmap_start` → `llbitmap_start_write`), not from a network protocol handler. Any remote party must already cause writes through local VFS/block access (e.g., a file on an md-backed volume).\nAC:L - On a system with llbitmap enabled, an attacker can reliably force the timeout by racing the periodic daemon against many concurrent writes to the same bitmap page that hold `percpu_ref` until `daemon_sleep` expires; both sides of the race are attacker-driven I/O patterns.\nPR:L - Exploitation does not require real root in the init namespace: any principal that can issue writes to storage backed by an affected md array (typical unprivileged user on a multi-tenant NAS, or a member of the `disk` group with raw `/dev/md*` access) reaches the vulnerable code.\nUI:N - Triggering the race requires only sustained automated write I/O; no victim click, mount dialog, or other interactive action is needed beyond normal storage use.\nS:U - Impact stays within kernel/MD RAID scope (hang and bitmap inconsistency on the host); it does not cross a VM, container, or IOMMU security boundary.\nC:N - This is a refcount lifecycle logic bug, not memory corruption; there is no out-of-bounds access, UAF, or other primitive that discloses kernel memory.\nI:H - After the bug, `llbitmap_raise_barrier()` can block new writes before `llbitmap_state_machine()` runs, so dirty regions may not be recorded; combined with uncleared dirty bits on other paths, RAID resync decisions can be wrong after crash—high integrity risk for redundant storage.\nA:H - A permanently killed `percpu_ref` leaves writers stuck in uninterruptible `wait_event` in `llbitmap_raise_barrier()`, causing indefinite write hangs (effective DoS) for affected bitmap pages on production NAS/RAID systems." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc", "lessThan": "095417d6b669c2dec39a5842ccb94df915f97f54", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc", "lessThan": "2446d099350185caeed19ab2c0270451a97296fb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc", "lessThan": "d119bd2e1643cc023210ff3c6f0657e4f914e71d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.14", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.14" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095417d6b669c2dec39a5842ccb94df915f97f54" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2446d099350185caeed19ab2c0270451a97296fb" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d119bd2e1643cc023210ff3c6f0657e4f914e71d" } ], "title": "md/md-llbitmap: fix percpu_ref not resurrected on suspend timeout", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }