GHSA-W8WP-W464-6XR8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-14 15:33 – Updated: 2026-03-25 18:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

md/raid5: fix possible null-pointer dereferences in raid5_store_group_thread_cnt()

The variable mddev->private is first assigned to conf and then checked:

conf = mddev->private; if (!conf) ...

If conf is NULL, then mddev->private is also NULL. In this case, null-pointer dereferences can occur when calling raid5_quiesce():

raid5_quiesce(mddev, true); raid5_quiesce(mddev, false);

since mddev->private is assigned to conf again in raid5_quiesce(), and conf is dereferenced in several places, for example:

conf->quiesce = 0; wake_up(&conf->wait_for_quiescent);

To fix this issue, the function should unlock mddev and return before invoking raid5_quiesce() when conf is NULL, following the existing pattern in raid5_change_consistency_policy().

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-71135"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-14T15:16:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/raid5: fix possible null-pointer dereferences in raid5_store_group_thread_cnt()\n\nThe variable mddev-\u003eprivate is first assigned to conf and then checked:\n\n  conf = mddev-\u003eprivate;\n  if (!conf) ...\n\nIf conf is NULL, then mddev-\u003eprivate is also NULL. In this case,\nnull-pointer dereferences can occur when calling raid5_quiesce():\n\n  raid5_quiesce(mddev, true);\n  raid5_quiesce(mddev, false);\n\nsince mddev-\u003eprivate is assigned to conf again in raid5_quiesce(), and conf\nis dereferenced in several places, for example:\n\n  conf-\u003equiesce = 0;\n  wake_up(\u0026conf-\u003ewait_for_quiescent);\n\nTo fix this issue, the function should unlock mddev and return before\ninvoking raid5_quiesce() when conf is NULL, following the existing pattern\nin raid5_change_consistency_policy().",
  "id": "GHSA-w8wp-w464-6xr8",
  "modified": "2026-03-25T18:31:34Z",
  "published": "2026-01-14T15:33:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71135"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20597b7229aea8b5bc45cd92097640257c7fc33b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ad6ef91d8745d04aff9cce7bdbc6320d8e05fe9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5abb6af905de6b2fead8a0b3f32ab0b81468a01"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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