CVE-2023-53210

md/raid5-cache: fix null-ptr-deref for r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid()

Medium · published September 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

md/raid5-cache: fix null-ptr-deref for r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid()

r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid() will check if the list 'flushing_ios' is

empty, and then submit 'flush_bio', however, r5l_log_flush_endio()

is clearing the list first and then clear the bio, which will cause

null-ptr-deref:

T1: submit flush io

raid5d

handle_active_stripes

r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid

// list is empty

// add 'io_end_ios' to the list

bio_init

submit_bio

// io1

T2: io1 is done

r5l_log_flush_endio

list_splice_tail_init

// clear the list

T3: submit new flush io

...

r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid

// list is empty

// add 'io_end_ios' to the list

bio_init

bio_uninit

// clear bio->bi_blkg

submit_bio

// null-ptr-deref

Fix this problem by clearing bio before clearing the list in

r5l_log_flush_endio().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00159 · 4.7th percentile
Published
2025-09-15T14:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:21Z
    md/raid5-cache: fix null-ptr-deref for r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid()
    cvelistv5