CVE-2026-45888 (GCVE-0-2026-45888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:16 – Updated: 2026-05-27 12:16
VLAI
Title
md/raid1: fix memory leak in raid1_run()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid1: fix memory leak in raid1_run() raid1_run() calls setup_conf() which registers a thread via md_register_thread(). If raid1_set_limits() fails, the previously registered thread is not unregistered, resulting in a memory leak of the md_thread structure and the thread resource itself. Add md_unregister_thread() to the error path to properly cleanup the thread, which aligns with the error handling logic of other paths in this function. Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 97894f7d3c2966164516a8a5109674763d3a55e1 , < c94fd6e8a71efd047ff36930e840f3c25679e136 (git)
Affected: 97894f7d3c2966164516a8a5109674763d3a55e1 , < ec10e3dc93994b87adf7c759a4639fe34013989a (git)
Affected: 97894f7d3c2966164516a8a5109674763d3a55e1 , < b37588b0282a2b3cdda9db1d53712745ce66dea0 (git)
Affected: 97894f7d3c2966164516a8a5109674763d3a55e1 , < 6abc7d5dcf0ee0f85e16e41c87fbd06231f28753 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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