CVE-2026-90278

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90278
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90278.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90278
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:08:09Z
Modified
2026-09-19T03:47:25Z
Summary
md: wait for behind writes before destroying bitmap
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

md: wait for behind writes before destroying bitmap

__md_stop() destroyed the bitmap before calling mddev_detach(). That made mddev_detach() skip bitmap_ops->wait_behind_writes(), because the bitmap was already disconnected from mddev.

This was still safe for the legacy bitmap because bitmap_destroy() waits for behind writes itself. llbitmap keeps that wait in its ->wait_behind_writes() operation instead, while ->destroy() tears down the llbitmap storage. With the old ordering, RAID1 behind-write completions could still run after llbitmap storage had been freed.

Call mddev_detach() before md_bitmap_destroy() so the common detach path can wait for behind writes while the bitmap is still alive. Only destroy the bitmap after those users are gone.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90278.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5ab829f1971dc99f2aac10846c378e67fc875abc
Fixed
73881ff7a75913f919a1ce9d9571bfaab8e8588d
Fixed
4224dccd325a9380e8edfb66aad8bb5771c94222
Fixed
2a79365b2278f16e163e4024086105693b421601

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90278.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.52
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90278.json"