In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/bitmap: don't set sb values if can't pass sanity check
If bitmap area contains invalid data, kernel will crash then mdadm
triggers "Segmentation fault".
This is cluster-md speical bug. In non-clustered env, mdadm will
handle broken metadata case. In clustered array, only kernel space
handles bitmap slot info. But even this bug only happened in clustered
env, current sanity check is wrong, the code should be changed.
How to trigger: (faulty injection)
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1 oflag=direct of=/dev/sda
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1 oflag=direct of=/dev/sdb
mdadm -C /dev/md0 -b clustered -e 1.2 -n 2 -l mirror /dev/sda /dev/sdb
mdadm -Ss
echo aaa > magic.txt
== below modifying slot 2 bitmap data ==
dd if=magic.txt of=/dev/sda seek=16384 bs=1 count=3 <== destroy magic
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=16436 bs=1 count=4 <== ZERO chunksize
mdadm -A /dev/md0 /dev/sda /dev/sdb
== kernel crashes. mdadm outputs "Segmentation fault" ==
Reason of kernel crash:
In md_bitmap_read_sb (called by md_bitmap_create), bad bitmap magic didn't
block chunksize assignment, and zero value made DIV_ROUND_UP_SECTOR_T()
trigger "divide error".
Crash log:
kernel: md: md0 stopped.
kernel: md/raid1:md0: not clean -- starting background reconstruction
kernel: md/raid1:md0: active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
kernel: dlm: ... ...
kernel: md-cluster: Joined cluster 44810aba-38bb-e6b8-daca-bc97a0b254aa slot 1
kernel: md0: invalid bitmap file superblock: bad magic
kernel: md_bitmap_copy_from_slot can't get bitmap from slot 2
kernel: md-cluster: Could not gather bitmaps from slot 2
kernel: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 1603 Comm: mdadm Not tainted 5.14.6-1-default
kernel: Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
kernel: RIP: 0010:md_bitmap_create+0x1d1/0x850 [md_mod]
kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffc22ac0843ba0 EFLAGS: 00010246
kernel: ... ...
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: ? dlm_lock_sync+0xd0/0xd0 [md_cluster 77fe..7a0]
kernel: md_bitmap_copy_from_slot+0x2c/0x290 [md_mod 24ea..d3a]
kernel: load_bitmaps+0xec/0x210 [md_cluster 77fe..7a0]
kernel: md_bitmap_load+0x81/0x1e0 [md_mod 24ea..d3a]
kernel: do_md_run+0x30/0x100 [md_mod 24ea..d3a]
kernel: md_ioctl+0x1290/0x15a0 [md_mod 24ea....d3a]
kernel: ? mddev_unlock+0xaa/0x130 [md_mod 24ea..d3a]
kernel: ? blkdev_ioctl+0xb1/0x2b0
kernel: block_ioctl+0x3b/0x40
kernel: __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7f/0xb0
kernel: do_syscall_64+0x59/0x80
kernel: ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1ab/0x230
kernel: ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x18/0x40
kernel: ? do_syscall_64+0x69/0x80
kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7f4a15fa722b
kernel: ... ...
kernel: ---[ end trace 8afa7612f559c868 ]---
kernel: RIP: 0010:md_bitmap_create+0x1d1/0x850 [md_mod]
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it