CVE-2026-72439

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f94031c94eaebe14a7c9e91720064de0c5a54a6c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e045d6ed33f8faa3e3dd6dc33c62ec01e3ad275d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00162