CVE-2024-27023

md: Fix missing release of 'active_io' for flush

published May 1, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

md: Fix missing release of 'active_io' for flush

submit_flushes

atomic_set(&mddev->flush_pending, 1);

rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev)

atomic_inc(&mddev->flush_pending);

bi->bi_end_io = md_end_flush

submit_bio(bi);

/* flush io is done first */

md_end_flush

if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending))

percpu_ref_put(&mddev->active_io)

-> active_io is not released

if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending))

-> missing release of active_io

For consequence, mddev_suspend() will wait for 'active_io' to be zero

forever.

Fix this problem by releasing 'active_io' in submit_flushes() if

'flush_pending' is decreased to zero.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00272 · 18.5th percentile
Published
2024-05-01T12:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 12:49Z
    md: Fix missing release of 'active_io' for flush
    cvelistv5