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CVE-2026-45955

md/md-llbitmap: fix percpu_ref not resurrected on suspend timeout

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.18.14, 6.19.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/md-llbitmap: fix percpu_ref not resurrected on suspend timeout When llbitmap_suspend_timeout() times out waiting for percpu_ref to become zero, it returns -ETIMEDOUT without resurrecting the percpu_ref. The caller (md_llbitmap_daemon_fn) then continues to the next page without calling llbitmap_resume(), leaving the percpu_ref in a killed state permanently. Fix this by resurrecting the percpu_ref before returning the error, ensuring the page control structure remains usable for subsequent operations.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc · fixed in 095417d6b669c2dec39a5842ccb94df915f97f54; From 5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc · fixed in 2446d099350185caeed19ab2c0270451a97296fb; From 5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc · fixed in d119bd2e1643cc023210ff3c6f0657e4f914e71d

  • Linux Linux

    6.18

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.18.0 · fixed in 6.18.14; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 6.19.4

References 3

git.kernel.org