CVE-2026-90389 (GCVE-0-2026-90389)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:09
Modified
2026-10-19 09:02
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: scope memalloc_noio to allocation critical sections Storing a memalloc_noio_save() token in mddev->noio_flags lets one task save the token and another task restore it. With concurrent suspend sysfs writes, task A can enter PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO, return to userspace still in that scope, and later task B can restore A's saved token. Avoid tying the token lifetime to mddev. Keep mddev_suspend() and mddev_resume() only responsible for array suspension, and enter PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO only in the MD paths that allocate memory after the array has been suspended. Restore the token before resuming the array. A reproducer repeatedly writes suspend_lo and suspend_hi from concurrent workers and checks each worker's /proc/self/stat flags before and after the sysfs write.
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Linux Linux Version: 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a
Version: 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a
Version: 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a
Version: 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a
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