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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-90400" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-17T16:09:30.915Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:03:04.317Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:35.090Z" 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-2026-90400" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-90400.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90400" title: "md: recheck spare changes before starting sync" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd: recheck spare changes before starting sync\n\nremove_spares() and remove_and_add_spares() modify the array's rdev\nconfiguration. These operations are only safe after the array has been\nsuspended.\n\nmd_start_sync() checks whether spare configuration changes are needed\nbefore taking reconfig_mutex. However, the rdev state can change before\nthe mutex is acquired, so the initial check can become stale. In that\ncase, md_choose_sync_action() may remove or replace rdevs while normal\nI/O is still accessing them.\n\nThe race can occur as follows:\n\nraid10d Worker Normal IO\n____________ _______________________ ______________________\n\n raid10_write_request()\n wait_blocked_dev()\nset Blocked\nset Faulty\n Skip Faulty rdev\n rrdev-\u003enr_pending++\n .repl_bio = bio\n removeable_rdev = false .\n array not suspended .\nlock mddev goto err_handle\n lock mddev (wait)\n .\nupdate sb .\nclear Blocked .\n .\nunlock mddev .\n lock mddev (acquires)\n remove_spares()\n removeable_rdev = true\n\n raid10_remove_disk()\n rdev = replacement\n replacement = NULL\n rdev_dec_pending(NULL)\n unlock mddev (NULL)-\u003enr_pending--\n\nIn this case, rdev_dec_pending() is called with a NULL pointer,\nresulting in a NULL pointer dereference when attempting to decrement\nnr_pending.\n\nFix this by suspending the array when spare configuration changes are\nneeded, including for non-read-write arrays, and checking again after\ntaking reconfig_mutex. If the array was not already suspended and a\nchange is now needed, release the mutex, suspend the array, and\nreacquire the mutex before continuing." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"bc08041b32abe6c9824f78735bac22018eabfc06","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c3777d16bc3335c0ac4bdad0551c80d38c5d94cc"},{"version":"bc08041b32abe6c9824f78735bac22018eabfc06","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e5ac7ab78467b064f1da8b0f3042a63595fafcfd"},{"version":"bc08041b32abe6c9824f78735bac22018eabfc06","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"81b39df5d701976cf20e52f33106c1fc1603b4cb"},{"version":"bc08041b32abe6c9824f78735bac22018eabfc06","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c7d34d17ea43ebc86b45d439ebb435e11ca44bca"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.7"},{"version":"6.12.110","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.52","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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