CVE-2023-53832
Published: Dec 9, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref in raid10_sync_request init_resync() inits mempool and sets conf->have_replacemnt at the beginning of sync, close_sync() frees the mempool when sync is completed. After [1] recovery might be skipped and init_resync() is called but close_sync() is not. null-ptr-deref occurs with r10bio->dev[i].repl_bio. The following is one way to reproduce the issue. 1) create a array, wait for resync to complete, mddev->recovery_cp is set to MaxSector. 2) recovery is woken and it is skipped. conf->have_replacement is set to 0 in init_resync(). close_sync() not called. 3) some io errors and rdev A is set to WantReplacement. 4) a new device is added and set to A's replacement. 5) recovery is woken, A have replacement, but conf->have_replacemnt is 0. r10bio->dev[i].repl_bio will not be alloced and null-ptr-deref occurs. Fix it by not calling init_resync() if recovery skipped. [1] commit 7e83ccbecd60 ("md/raid10: Allow skipping recovery when clean arrays are assembled")
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 7e83ccbecd608b971f340e951c9e84cd0343002f - < 38d33593260536840b49fd1dcac9aedfd14a9d42affected 7e83ccbecd608b971f340e951c9e84cd0343002f - < 14964127be77884003976a392c9faa9ebaabbbe1affected 7e83ccbecd608b971f340e951c9e84cd0343002f - < bdbf104b1c91fbf38f82c522ebf75429f094292aaffected 7e83ccbecd608b971f340e951c9e84cd0343002f - < 68695084077e3de9d3e94e09238ace2b6f246446affected 7e83ccbecd608b971f340e951c9e84cd0343002f - < b50fd1c3d9d0175aa29ff2706ef36cc178bc356a+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.10unaffected 0 - < 3.10unaffected 4.19.283 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.243 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.180 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
References
Security Training
Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.
Start TrainingVulnerability Scanning
Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.
Scan Now