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FKIE_CVE-2026-90401

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-17 17:17 - Updated: 2026-09-18 18:17

Severity

7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: remove REQ_NOWAIT support from raid1/10/456 REQ_NOWAIT support in md personalities that can block internally is fundamentally incomplete. While reads can avoid some blocking paths, write requests can still encounter cases where one mirror succeeds while another returns -EAGAIN. At that point md cannot distinguish queue pressure from a real device failure, so it can neither record a bad block nor safely retry the write without REQ_NOWAIT, leaving mirrors with divergent data. Rather than continue advertising REQ_NOWAIT support for personalities that cannot implement it correctly, remove it from raid1, raid10 and raid456. Keep REQ_NOWAIT for linear and raid0, which only remap bios to their underlying devices; stacked limits will still clear the feature if any component device lacks REQ_NOWAIT support.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe5b7c9fb72ccc29bfd0f955b124892af7e3674
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bb9504e2d8f3d22ef12d51c333dd499f402dc8f

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/md/md-bitmap.c",
            "drivers/md/md-bitmap.h",
            "drivers/md/md-linear.c",
            "drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c",
            "drivers/md/md.c",
            "drivers/md/raid0.c",
            "drivers/md/raid1-10.c",
            "drivers/md/raid1.c",
            "drivers/md/raid10.c",
            "drivers/md/raid5.c"
          ],
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            "drivers/md/md-linear.c",
            "drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c",
            "drivers/md/md.c",
            "drivers/md/raid0.c",
            "drivers/md/raid1-10.c",
            "drivers/md/raid1.c",
            "drivers/md/raid10.c",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: remove REQ_NOWAIT support from raid1/10/456\n\nREQ_NOWAIT support in md personalities that can block internally is\nfundamentally incomplete. While reads can avoid some blocking paths,\nwrite requests can still encounter cases where one mirror succeeds while\nanother returns -EAGAIN. At that point md cannot distinguish queue\npressure from a real device failure, so it can neither record a bad\nblock nor safely retry the write without REQ_NOWAIT, leaving mirrors\nwith divergent data.\n\nRather than continue advertising REQ_NOWAIT support for personalities\nthat cannot implement it correctly, remove it from raid1, raid10 and\nraid456. Keep REQ_NOWAIT for linear and raid0, which only remap bios to\ntheir underlying devices; stacked limits will still clear the feature if\nany component device lacks REQ_NOWAIT support."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-90401",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-18T18:17:57.360",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
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}

CVE-2026-90401 (GCVE-0-2026-90401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 16:09 – Updated: 2026-09-18 17:55

Title

md: remove REQ_NOWAIT support from raid1/10/456

Summary

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bb9504e2d8f3d22e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe5b7c9fb72ccc29…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: f51d46d0e7cb5b8494aa534d276a9d8915a2443d , < 9bb9504e2d8f3d22ef12d51c333dd499f402dc8f (git) Affected: f51d46d0e7cb5b8494aa534d276a9d8915a2443d , < 3fe5b7c9fb72ccc29bfd0f955b124892af7e3674 (git) Affected: 39db562b3fedb93978a7e42dd216b306740959f8 (git) Affected: 5.15.111 , < 5.16 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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            "drivers/md/md-bitmap.c",
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            "drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c",
            "drivers/md/md.c",
            "drivers/md/raid0.c",
            "drivers/md/raid1-10.c",
            "drivers/md/raid1.c",
            "drivers/md/raid10.c",
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            "drivers/md/raid0.c",
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