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CVE-2026-89558

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix still_degraded being inverted in raid10_sync_request() Commit fe6a19d40ceb ("md/md-bitmap: merge md_bitmap_start_sync() into bitmap_operations") converted still_degraded from int to bool, but inverted the assignment in the loop that checks whether the array will still be degraded after the current device is recovered: "still_degraded = 1" became "still_degraded = false". As a result, recovering a device while another mirror is still missing calls md_bitmap_start_sync() with degraded == false, which clears bitmap bits that the still-missing device needs. When that device is re-added, its bitmap-based recovery finds the bits already cleared and skips every region written while the array was degraded, so it is marked In_sync while holding stale data: silent corruption. Reproducer (raid10 near=2, 4 disks, internal bitmap): - fail and remove one disk of each mirror pair - write to the degraded array - re-add both disks and let recovery finish - "check" reports mismatch_cnt=262272 after 256 MiB of degraded writes and file contents differ; the second disk's "recovery" completes in milliseconds because everything is skipped The same conversion in raid1 got it right (still_degraded = true). Restore the correct value.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:19:39.540000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:17:51.347000
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  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:39.540",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:51.347",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/raid10: fix still_degraded being inverted in raid10_sync_request()\n\nCommit fe6a19d40ceb (\"md/md-bitmap: merge md_bitmap_start_sync() into\nbitmap_operations\") converted still_degraded from int to bool, but\ninverted the assignment in the loop that checks whether the array will\nstill be degraded after the current device is recovered:\n\"still_degraded = 1\" became \"still_degraded = false\".\n\nAs a result, recovering a device while another mirror is still missing\ncalls md_bitmap_start_sync() with degraded == false, which clears bitmap\nbits that the still-missing device needs.  When that device is re-added,\nits bitmap-based recovery finds the bits already cleared and skips every\nregion written while the array was degraded, so it is marked In_sync\nwhile holding stale data: silent corruption.\n\nReproducer (raid10 near=2, 4 disks, internal bitmap):\n - fail and remove one disk of each mirror pair\n - write to the degraded array\n - re-add both disks and let recovery finish\n - \"check\" reports mismatch_cnt=262272 after 256 MiB of degraded\n   writes and file contents differ; the second disk's \"recovery\"\n   completes in milliseconds because everything is skipped\n\nThe same conversion in raid1 got it right (still_degraded = true).\nRestore the correct value."
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