CVE-2026-90389 PUBLISHED

md: scope memalloc_noio to allocation critical sections

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a to 72ebfdf507ede7d7f2b7ca0a5634811a0e4bf045 (excl.)
  • affected from 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a to 28fdea874f68cac6c36651b1fc7272fd2199c48d (excl.)
  • affected from 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a to a58923756b0f8e71032070c23ae0b167e46731da (excl.)
  • affected from 78f57ef9d50a75326da73d352d7c27828495229a to bace2010dd7ac07bc980575afb135c406730a7fe (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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