# CVE-2026-45955: md/md-llbitmap: fix percpu\_ref not resurrected on suspend timeout

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.14, 6.19.4
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc, fixed in 095417d6b669c2dec39a5842ccb94df915f97f54; from 5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc, fixed in 2446d099350185caeed19ab2c0270451a97296fb; from 5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc, fixed in d119bd2e1643cc023210ff3c6f0657e4f914e71d
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.14; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.4

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/095417d6b669c2dec39a5842ccb94df915f97f54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2446d099350185caeed19ab2c0270451a97296fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d119bd2e1643cc023210ff3c6f0657e4f914e71d

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