CVE-2026-90278

CVE-2026-90278

published September 17, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

md: wait for behind writes before destroying bitmap

__md_stop() destroyed the bitmap before calling mddev_detach(). That made

mddev_detach() skip bitmap_ops->wait_behind_writes(), because the bitmap

was already disconnected from mddev.

This was still safe for the legacy bitmap because bitmap_destroy() waits

for behind writes itself. llbitmap keeps that wait in its

->wait_behind_writes() operation instead, while ->destroy() tears down the

llbitmap storage. With the old ordering, RAID1 behind-write completions

could still run after llbitmap storage had been freed.

Call mddev_detach() before md_bitmap_destroy() so the common detach path

can wait for behind writes while the bitmap is still alive. Only destroy

the bitmap after those users are gone.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00206 · 10.2th percentile
Published
2026-09-17T21:17Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 SEP 03:55Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 17 SEP 16:08Z
    md: wait for behind writes before destroying bitmap
    cvelistv5