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Unscored CVE-2024-43855 EUVD-2024-40505GHSA-5ffp-85mp-h2q2

md: fix deadlock between mddev_suspend and flush bio

Published Aug 17, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

md: fix deadlock between mddev_suspend and flush bio

Deadlock occurs when mddev is being suspended while some flush bio is in
progress. It is a complex issue.

T1. the first flush is at the ending stage, it clears 'mddev->flush_bio'
and tries to submit data, but is blocked because mddev is suspended
by T4.
T2. the second flush sets 'mddev->flush_bio', and attempts to queue
md_submit_flush_data(), which is already running (T1) and won't
execute again if on the same CPU as T1.
T3. the third flush inc active_io and tries to flush, but is blocked because
'mddev->flush_bio' is not NULL (set by T2).
T4. mddev_suspend() is called and waits for active_io dec to 0 which is inc
by T3.

T1 T2 T3 T4
(flush 1) (flush 2) (third 3) (suspend)
md_submit_flush_data
mddev->flush_bio = NULL;
.
. md_flush_request
. mddev->flush_bio = bio
. queue submit_flushes
. .
. . md_handle_request
. . active_io + 1
. . md_flush_request
. . wait !mddev->flush_bio
. .
. . mddev_suspend
. . wait !active_io
. .
. submit_flushes
. queue_work md_submit_flush_data
. //md_submit_flush_data is already running (T1)
.
md_handle_request
wait resume

The root issue is non-atomic inc/dec of active_io during flush process.
active_io is dec before md_submit_flush_data is queued, and inc soon
after md_submit_flush_data() run.
md_flush_request
active_io + 1
submit_flushes
active_io - 1
md_submit_flush_data
md_handle_request
active_io + 1
make_request
active_io - 1

If active_io is dec after md_handle_request() instead of within
submit_flushes(), make_request() can be called directly intead of
md_handle_request() in md_submit_flush_data(), and active_io will
only inc and dec once in the whole flush process. Deadlock will be
fixed.

Additionally, the only difference between fixing the issue and before is
that there is no return error handling of make_request(). But after
previous patch cleaned md_write_start(), make_requst() only return error
in raid5_make_request() by dm-raid, see commit 41425f96d7aa ("dm-raid456,
md/raid456: fix a deadlock for dm-raid456 while io concurrent with
reshape)". Since dm always splits data and flush operation into two
separate io, io size of flush submitted by dm always is 0, make_request()
will not be called in md_submit_flush_data(). To prevent future
modifications from introducing issues, add WARN_ON to ensure
make_request() no error is returned in this context.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1.75 – < 6.1.103, 6.6.14 – < 6.6.44, 6.7.2 – < 6.8, 6.8 6.1.103

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.10.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.10.3-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.106-1 —
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 DLA-4008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-48.48 USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1018.20 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1017.20 USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1017.19 USN-7095-1, USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1013.17 USN-7089-6
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1002.4 USN-7156-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1015.15 USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-48.48.3 USN-7089-7
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1017.19.1 USN-7095-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1016.16 USN-7089-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1015.16 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1014.16 USN-7089-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-48.48.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1017.20~22.04.1 USN-7090-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1 USN-7095-1, USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-48.48~22.04.1 USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-48.48.3~22.04.1 USN-7089-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1015.15~22.04.1 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-48.48.1~22.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2013.14 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1011.11 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.35.1.el9_5 RHSA-2025:3506
RHEL 9 rv +65 5.14.0-503.35.1.el9_5 RHSA-2025:3506
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1.150600.12.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2 +1 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-10.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-19.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4 1-150600.13.3.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-syms-rt 6.4.0-150600.10.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1.150600.12.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-rt 6.4.0-150600.10.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.106-116.188 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-864
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.106-116.188.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-864

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.47.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.167.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.35.1.el9_5 ELSA-2025-3506
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-503.35.1.el9_5 ELSA-2025-3506

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