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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-43271"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-06T11:28:55.507Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T22:21:19.841Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43271"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43271.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43271"
title: "md-cluster: fix NULL pointer dereference in process_metadata_update"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd-cluster: fix NULL pointer dereference in process_metadata_update\n\nThe function process_metadata_update() blindly dereferences the 'thread'\npointer (acquired via rcu_dereference_protected) within the wait_event()\nmacro.\n\nWhile the code comment states \"daemon thread must exist\", there is a valid\nrace condition window during the MD array startup sequence (md_run):\n\n1. bitmap_load() is called, which invokes md_cluster_ops-\u003ejoin().\n2. join() starts the \"cluster_recv\" thread (recv_daemon).\n3. At this point, recv_daemon is active and processing messages.\n4. However, mddev-\u003ethread (the main MD thread) is not initialized until\n   later in md_run().\n\nIf a METADATA_UPDATED message is received from a remote node during this\nspecific window, process_metadata_update() will be called while\nmddev-\u003ethread is still NULL, leading to a kernel panic.\n\nTo fix this, we must validate the 'thread' pointer. If it is NULL, we\nrelease the held lock (no_new_dev_lockres) and return early, safely\nignoring the update request as the array is not yet fully ready to\nprocess it."
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