CVE-2023-53832
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref in raid10_sync_request
init_resync() inits mempool and sets conf->have_replacemnt at the beginning of sync, close_sync() frees the mempool when sync is completed.
After [1] recovery might be skipped and init_resync() is called but close_sync() is not. null-ptr-deref occurs with r10bio->dev[i].repl_bio.
The following is one way to reproduce the issue.
Fix it by not calling init_resync() if recovery skipped.
[1] commit 7e83ccbecd60 ("md/raid10: Allow skipping recovery when clean arrays are assembled")
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
1) create a array, wait for resync to complete, mddev->recovery_cp is set
to MaxSector.
2) recovery is woken and it is skipped. conf->have_replacement is set to
0 in init_resync(). close_sync() not called.
3) some io errors and rdev A is set to WantReplacement.
4) a new device is added and set to A's replacement.
5) recovery is woken, A have replacement, but conf->have_replacemnt is
0. r10bio->dev[i].repl_bio will not be alloced and null-ptr-deref
occurs.CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.26%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 16
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14964127be77884003976a392c9faa9ebaabbbe1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d33593260536840b49fd1dcac9aedfd14a9d42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68695084077e3de9d3e94e09238ace2b6f246446
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b503e4edc5938885d839cf0e7571963f75d800
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e9efc77efd1956cc244af975240f2513d78a371
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a405c6f0229526160aa3f177f65e20c86fce84c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b50fd1c3d9d0175aa29ff2706ef36cc178bc356a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdbf104b1c91fbf38f82c522ebf75429f094292a
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref in raid10_sync_request\n\ninit_resync() inits mempool and sets conf->have_replacemnt at the beginning\nof sync, close_sync() frees the mempool when sync is completed.\n\nAfter [1] recovery might be skipped and init_resync() is called but\nclose_sync() is not. null-ptr-deref occurs with r10bio->dev[i].repl_bio.\n\nThe following is one way to reproduce the issue.\n\n 1) create a array, wait for resync to complete, mddev->recovery_cp is set\n to MaxSector.\n 2) recovery is woken and it is skipped. conf->have_replacement is set to\n 0 in init_resync(). close_sync() not called.\n 3) some io errors and rdev A is set to WantReplacement.\n 4) a new device is added and set to A's replacement.\n 5) recovery is woken, A have replacement, but conf->have_replacemnt is\n 0. r10bio->dev[i].repl_bio will not be alloced and null-ptr-deref\n occurs.\n\nFix it by not calling init_resync() if recovery skipped.\n\n[1] commit 7e83ccbecd60 (\"md/raid10: Allow skipping recovery when clean arrays are assembled\")"
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