CVE-2026-93262

md/raid5-ppl: fix use-after-free in ppl_do_flush()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2026 at 03:52 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5-ppl: fix use-after-free in ppl_do_flush() The loop in ppl_do_flush() continues iterating after calling ppl_io_unit_finished(), touching io->pending_flushes and leading to a use-after-free. Add a break statement to stop the loop once io is freed.

Affected

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

1532d9e87e8b2377f12929f9e40724d5fbe6ecc54.16
Vendor states this is fixed in 371f7a1b392edc8b7cf449cc7713179b588f2d0e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 455b56209f9615c3902dcc398dd867abb5ade3ab (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8914c3d40870f16429a326e97e4016bedc6ede4c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5123bf667ac29ddd8106f9ca7cc01316513ae66 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf01f9413565e86673baf927291a088b6975692b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e7505842f1329ece90cb9ea0db87772aeca44052 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e77c80670f2c2bf491da9b173931e1da4677c23a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fcf21df7d3c50c8ebeb0757df5d21b02dcae4218 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (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 6.6.157 (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)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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