CVE-2026-90389

md: scope memalloc_noio to allocation critical sections

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:09 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: scope memalloc_noio to allocation critical sections Storing a memalloc_noio_save() token in mddev->noio_flags lets one task save the token and another task restore it. With concurrent suspend sysfs writes, task A can enter PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO, return to userspace still in that scope, and later task B can restore A's saved token. Avoid tying the token lifetime to mddev. Keep mddev_suspend() and mddev_resume() only responsible for array suspension, and enter PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO only in the MD paths that allocate memory after the array has been suspended. Restore the token before resuming the array. A reproducer repeatedly writes suspend_lo and suspend_hi from concurrent workers and checks each worker's /proc/self/stat flags before and after the sysfs write.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.878f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a
Vendor states this is fixed in 28fdea874f68cac6c36651b1fc7272fd2199c48d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 72ebfdf507ede7d7f2b7ca0a5634811a0e4bf045 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a58923756b0f8e71032070c23ae0b167e46731da (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bace2010dd7ac07bc980575afb135c406730a7fe (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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