CVE-2026-98161 (GCVE-0-2026-98161)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-25 13:06
Modified
2026-10-21 12:54
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm: pmem: keep PREFLUSH before data writes pmem_submit_bio() records a REQ_PREFLUSH error, but continues to copy the bio data and can later overwrite the error with a successful REQ_FUA flush. That lets data writes run after a failed preflush and can complete the bio successfully despite the failed ordering barrier. Run the REQ_PREFLUSH flush synchronously before touching the bio data and complete the bio with the flush error if it fails. Keep asynchronous flush chaining for REQ_FUA. At that point, data copy has completed and the parent bio can wait for the chained flush bio.
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Linux Linux Version: c5d4355d10d414a96ca870b731756b89d068d57a
Version: c5d4355d10d414a96ca870b731756b89d068d57a
Version: c5d4355d10d414a96ca870b731756b89d068d57a
Version: c5d4355d10d414a96ca870b731756b89d068d57a
Version: c5d4355d10d414a96ca870b731756b89d068d57a
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