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CVE-2026-72438

md/raid10: fix writes_pending and barrier reference leaks on discard failures PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix writes_pending and barrier reference leaks on discard failures raid10_make_request() acquires a writes_pending reference with md_write_start() before calling raid10_handle_discard(). Several failure paths in raid10_handle_discard() complete the bio and return without releasing the corresponding reference, causing md_write_end() to be skipped. Call md_write_end() before returning from these failure paths to keep writes_pending accounting balanced. Additionally, discard split allocation failures can occur after wait_barrier() succeeds. Those paths return without calling allow_barrier(), leaking the associated barrier reference. Release the barrier before returning from those paths.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected c9aa889b035fca4598ae985a0f0c76ebbb547ad2 before 80ac31cce55432034a9eb98262c92ace7866e494; affected c9aa889b035fca4598ae985a0f0c76ebbb547ad2 before fea33968592559a55a3f5a96a6386bebcaf988a8; affected c9aa889b035fca4598ae985a0f0c76ebbb547ad2 before 11b35d1906a7277a3d64afe34224133b44327328; affected c9aa889b035fca4598ae985a0f0c76ebbb547ad2 before d1324b41dabd26787559efaeb430643c627c1eb0; affected c9aa889b035fca4598ae985a0f0c76ebbb547ad2 before 393d687131d8aa8c7e4de2cb494438e145d20fc2; affected 39db562b3fedb93978a7e42dd216b306740959f8; affected 5.15.111 before 5.16
Linux / Linuxaffected 5.17; unaffected 0 before 5.17; unaffected 6.6.160 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.111 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.53 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

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