In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/raid5: Remove unnecessary bio_put() in raid5_read_one_chunk()
When running chunk-sized reads on disks with badblocks duplicate bio
free/puts are observed:
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BUG bio-200 (Not tainted): Object already free
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Allocated in mempool_alloc_slab+0x17/0x20 age=3 cpu=2 pid=7504
__slab_alloc.constprop.0+0x5a/0xb0
kmem_cache_alloc+0x31e/0x330
mempool_alloc_slab+0x17/0x20
mempool_alloc+0x100/0x2b0
bio_alloc_bioset+0x181/0x460
do_mpage_readpage+0x776/0xd00
mpage_readahead+0x166/0x320
blkdev_readahead+0x15/0x20
read_pages+0x13f/0x5f0
page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x18d/0x220
force_page_cache_ra+0x181/0x1c0
page_cache_sync_ra+0x65/0xb0
filemap_get_pages+0x1df/0xaf0
filemap_read+0x1e1/0x700
blkdev_read_iter+0x1e5/0x330
vfs_read+0x42a/0x570
Freed in mempool_free_slab+0x17/0x20 age=3 cpu=2 pid=7504
kmem_cache_free+0x46d/0x490
mempool_free_slab+0x17/0x20
mempool_free+0x66/0x190
bio_free+0x78/0x90
bio_put+0x100/0x1a0
raid5_make_request+0x2259/0x2450
md_handle_request+0x402/0x600
md_submit_bio+0xd9/0x120
__submit_bio+0x11f/0x1b0
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x204/0x480
submit_bio_noacct+0x32e/0xc70
submit_bio+0x98/0x1a0
mpage_readahead+0x250/0x320
blkdev_readahead+0x15/0x20
read_pages+0x13f/0x5f0
page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x18d/0x220
Slab 0xffffea000481b600 objects=21 used=0 fp=0xffff8881206d8940 flags=0x17ffffc0010201(locked|slab|head|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
CPU: 0 PID: 34525 Comm: kworker/u24:2 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc2-localyes-265166-gf11c5343fa3f #143
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: raid5wq raid5_do_work
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x5a/0x78
dump_stack+0x10/0x16
print_trailer+0x158/0x165
object_err+0x35/0x50
free_debug_processing.cold+0xb7/0xbe
__slab_free+0x1ae/0x330
kmem_cache_free+0x46d/0x490
mempool_free_slab+0x17/0x20
mempool_free+0x66/0x190
bio_free+0x78/0x90
bio_put+0x100/0x1a0
mpage_end_io+0x36/0x150
bio_endio+0x2fd/0x360
md_end_io_acct+0x7e/0x90
bio_endio+0x2fd/0x360
handle_failed_stripe+0x960/0xb80
handle_stripe+0x1348/0x3760
handle_active_stripes.constprop.0+0x72a/0xaf0
raid5_do_work+0x177/0x330
process_one_work+0x616/0xb20
worker_thread+0x2bd/0x6f0
kthread+0x179/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
The double free is caused by an unnecessary bio_put() in the
if(is_badblock(...)) error path in raid5_read_one_chunk().
The error path was moved ahead of bio_alloc_clone() in c82aa1b76787c
("md/raid5: move checking badblock before clone bio in
raid5_read_one_chunk"). The previous code checked and freed align_bio
which required a bio_put. After the move that is no longer needed as
raid_bio is returned to the control of the common io path which
performs its own endio resulting in a double free on bad device blocks.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-28). 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