# CVE-2026-53123: md: wake raid456 reshape waiters before suspend

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.7, 6.12.91, 6.18.33, 7.0.10
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 714d20150ed85811193ae07a494d91f9927c590f, fixed in 8b6a72420821e6da2cab6a69d5233500d2698b93; from 714d20150ed85811193ae07a494d91f9927c590f, fixed in ff6b93410192b812d73cc54062529715b2dc849f; from 714d20150ed85811193ae07a494d91f9927c590f, fixed in 8ae3e14d7f3df58f7f49c02d74344e3dcd5f84f0; from 714d20150ed85811193ae07a494d91f9927c590f, fixed in cf86bb53b9c92354904a328e947a05ffbfdd1840; from 6.6.160, fixed in 6.7
- Linux: 6.7
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.91; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.33; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.0.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: wake raid456 reshape waiters before suspend During raid456 reshape, direct IO across the reshape position can sleep in raid5_make_request() waiting for reshape progress while still holding an active_io reference. If userspace then freezes reshape and writes md/suspend_lo or md/suspend_hi, mddev_suspend() kills active_io and waits for all in-flight IO to drain. This can deadlock: the IO needs reshape progress to continue, but the reshape thread is already frozen, so the active_io reference is never dropped and suspend never completes. raid5_prepare_suspend() already wakes wait_for_reshape for dm-raid. Do the same for normal md suspend when reshape is already interrupted, so waiting raid456 IO can abort, drop its reference, and let suspend finish. The mdadm test tests/25raid456-reshape-deadlock reproduces the hang.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.7, 6.12.91, 6.18.33, 7.0.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b6a72420821e6da2cab6a69d5233500d2698b93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff6b93410192b812d73cc54062529715b2dc849f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ae3e14d7f3df58f7f49c02d74344e3dcd5f84f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf86bb53b9c92354904a328e947a05ffbfdd1840

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