CVE-2026-43309

MEDIUM

md raid: fix hang when stopping arrays with metadata through dm-raid

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md raid: fix hang when stopping arrays with metadata through dm-raid When using device-mapper's dm-raid target, stopping a RAID array can cause the system to hang under specific conditions. This occurs when: - A dm-raid managed device tree is suspended from top to bottom (the top-level RAID device is suspended first, followed by its underlying metadata and data devices) - The top-level RAID device is then removed Removing the top-level device triggers a hang in the following sequence: the dm-raid destructor calls md_stop(), which tries to flush the write-intent bitmap by writing to the metadata sub-devices. However, these devices are already suspended, making them unable to complete the write-intent operations and causing an indefinite block. Fix: - Prevent bitmap flushing when md_stop() is called from dm-raid destructor context and avoid a quiescing/unquescing cycle which could also cause I/O - Still allow write-intent bitmap flushing when called from dm-raid suspend context This ensures that RAID array teardown can complete successfully even when the underlying devices are in a suspended state. This second patch uses md_is_rdwr() to distinguish between suspend and destructor paths as elaborated on above.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (25)
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 0dd84b319352bb8ba64752d4e45396d8b13e6018 - 24783dd06de870d646c25207bae186f78195f912
Linux/Linux 0dd84b319352bb8ba64752d4e45396d8b13e6018 - 338378dfffbdbb8d37a18f0a0c0358812671f91e
Linux/Linux 0dd84b319352bb8ba64752d4e45396d8b13e6018 - cefcb9297fbdb6d94b61787b4f8d84f55b741470
Linux/Linux 1678ca35b80a94d474fdc31e2497ce5d7ed52512
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 24783dd06de870d646c25207bae186f78195f912
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 338378dfffbdbb8d37a18f0a0c0358812671f91e
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - cefcb9297fbdb6d94b61787b4f8d84f55b741470
Linux/Linux 4.14.292 - 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.257 - 4.20
... and 15 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026