GHSA-26H7-GHCJ-373H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-24 18:32In 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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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53123"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T17:17:26Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: wake raid456 reshape waiters before suspend\n\nDuring raid456 reshape, direct IO across the reshape position can sleep\nin raid5_make_request() waiting for reshape progress while still\nholding an active_io reference. If userspace then freezes reshape and\nwrites md/suspend_lo or md/suspend_hi, mddev_suspend() kills active_io\nand waits for all in-flight IO to drain.\n\nThis can deadlock: the IO needs reshape progress to continue, but the\nreshape thread is already frozen, so the active_io reference is never\ndropped and suspend never completes.\n\nraid5_prepare_suspend() already wakes wait_for_reshape for dm-raid. Do\nthe same for normal md suspend when reshape is already interrupted, so\nwaiting raid456 IO can abort, drop its reference, and let suspend\nfinish.\n\nThe mdadm test tests/25raid456-reshape-deadlock reproduces the hang.",
"id": "GHSA-26h7-ghcj-373h",
"modified": "2026-06-24T18:32:48Z",
"published": "2026-06-24T18:32:48Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53123"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ae3e14d7f3df58f7f49c02d74344e3dcd5f84f0"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b6a72420821e6da2cab6a69d5233500d2698b93"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf86bb53b9c92354904a328e947a05ffbfdd1840"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff6b93410192b812d73cc54062529715b2dc849f"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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