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CVE-2026-72439

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the md/raid10 module has a vulnerability involving writes_pending reference leak on write request failures. Some error paths in raid10_write_request() complete the bio without calling md_write_end(), leading to unbalanced counters.

Risk Assessment

Reference leak may lead to incorrect write mechanism behavior, potentially resulting in data loss or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that adds md_write_end() call in error paths.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures raid10_make_request() acquires a writes_pending reference with md_write_start() before dispatching write requests. Several failure paths in raid10_write_request() complete the bio and return without reaching the normal write completion path, causing the corresponding md_write_end() to be skipped. Make raid10_write_request() return a status indicating whether the write request was successfully queued. This allows raid10_make_request() to release the writes_pending reference with md_write_end() when a write request fails.

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