CVE-2026-72439 json
md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures
published 2mo ago modified 12d ago also EUVD-2026-59338
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures
raid10_make_request() acquires a writes_pending reference with md_write_start() before dispatching write requests. Several failure paths in raid10_write_request() complete the bio and return without reaching the normal write completion path, causing the corresponding md_write_end() to be skipped.
Make raid10_write_request() return a status indicating whether the write request was successfully queued. This allows raid10_make_request() to release the writes_pending reference with md_write_end() when a write request fails.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.16, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 13 6.12.115-2
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72439
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1008.9
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.15
- linux-azure Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1013.13
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72439
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1SUSE-SU-2026:24316-1SUSE-SU-2026:24315-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/55dc3d1d6a9983867273d3531e3ddd743428db8d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f076460c5205c9687059e5a3afeed37d2f2ceb6b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6667d925c274910423385042edf18f6788dbceb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c642583adc136d4c70ce3c65c3f43e847d26c776 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f94031c94eaebe14a7c9e91720064de0c5a54a6c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e045d6ed33f8faa3e3dd6dc33c62ec01e3ad275d commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72439 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/55dc3d1d6a9983867273d3531e3ddd743428db8d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f076460c5205c9687059e5a3afeed37d2f2ceb6b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b6667d925c274910423385042edf18f6788dbceb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c642583adc136d4c70ce3c65c3f43e847d26c776
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f94031c94eaebe14a7c9e91720064de0c5a54a6c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e045d6ed33f8faa3e3dd6dc33c62ec01e3ad275d
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72439
- NVD CVE-2026-72439
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