In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
raid1: fix use-after-free for original bio in raid1_write_request()
r1_bio->bios[] is used to record new bios that will be issued to
underlying disks, however, in raid1_write_request(), r1_bio->bios[]
will set to the original bio temporarily. Meanwhile, if blocked rdev
is set, free_r1bio() will be called causing that all r1_bio->bios[]
to be freed:
raid1_write_request()
r1_bio = alloc_r1bio(mddev, bio); -> r1_bio->bios[] is NULL
for (i = 0; i < disks; i++) -> for each rdev in conf
// first rdev is normal
r1_bio->bios[0] = bio; -> set to original bio
// second rdev is blocked
if (test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags))
break
if (blocked_rdev)
free_r1bio()
put_all_bios()
bio_put(r1_bio->bios[0]) -> original bio is freed
Test scripts:
mdadm -CR /dev/md0 -l1 -n4 /dev/sd[abcd] --assume-clean
fio -filename=/dev/md0 -ioengine=libaio -rw=write -bs=4k -numjobs=1 \
-iodepth=128 -name=test -direct=1
echo blocked > /sys/block/md0/md/rd2/state
Test result:
BUG bio-264 (Not tainted): Object already free
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Allocated in mempool_alloc_slab+0x24/0x50 age=1 cpu=1 pid=869
kmem_cache_alloc+0x324/0x480
mempool_alloc_slab+0x24/0x50
mempool_alloc+0x6e/0x220
bio_alloc_bioset+0x1af/0x4d0
blkdev_direct_IO+0x164/0x8a0
blkdev_write_iter+0x309/0x440
aio_write+0x139/0x2f0
io_submit_one+0x5ca/0xb70
__do_sys_io_submit+0x86/0x270
__x64_sys_io_submit+0x22/0x30
do_syscall_64+0xb1/0x210
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6c/0x74
Freed in mempool_free_slab+0x1f/0x30 age=1 cpu=1 pid=869
kmem_cache_free+0x28c/0x550
mempool_free_slab+0x1f/0x30
mempool_free+0x40/0x100
bio_free+0x59/0x80
bio_put+0xf0/0x220
free_r1bio+0x74/0xb0
raid1_make_request+0xadf/0x1150
md_handle_request+0xc7/0x3b0
md_submit_bio+0x76/0x130
__submit_bio+0xd8/0x1d0
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x1eb/0x5c0
submit_bio_noacct+0x169/0xd40
submit_bio+0xee/0x1d0
blkdev_direct_IO+0x322/0x8a0
blkdev_write_iter+0x309/0x440
aio_write+0x139/0x2f0
Since that bios for underlying disks are not allocated yet, fix this
problem by using mempool_free() directly to free the r1_bio.
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 2026-10-27). 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 every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 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 every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (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)60 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 Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). 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