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CVE-2026-53123

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the md (RAID) module has a deadlock during raid456 reshape. I/O operations waiting for reshape progress can block array suspend because reshape is frozen and active IO references are not released.

Risk Assessment

Deadlock can prevent RAID array management, leading to system unresponsiveness and potential data loss.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that wakes waiting reshape threads before suspending the array, allowing I/O to abort and suspend to complete.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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