Linux Kernel up to 6.18.13/6.19.3 raid5 blocks_synced infinite loop

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.13/6.19.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function blocks_synced of the component raid5. Executing a manipulation can lead to infinite loop. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-45953. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.13/6.19.3. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function blocks_synced of the component raid5. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5: fix IO hang with degraded array with llbitmap When llbitmap bit state is still unwritten, any new write should force rcw, as bitmap_ops->blocks_synced() is checked in handle_stripe_dirtying(). However, later the same check is missing in need_this_block(), causing stripe to deadloop during handling because handle_stripe() will decide to go to handle_stripe_fill(), meanwhile need_this_block() always return 0 and nothing is handled.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-45953 since 05/13/2026. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.18.14 or 6.19.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 870b9f15867b0e70f3459ef3974b043e8b229690/28ef299e7a5b81817f8ca8297c2ddff28f5da5e8/cd1635d844d26471c56c0a432abdee12fc9ad735 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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