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

md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures

raid10_make_request() acquires a writes_pending reference with
md_write_start() before dispatching write requests. Several failure
paths in raid10_write_request() complete the bio and return without
reaching the normal write completion path, causing the corresponding
md_write_end() to be skipped.

Make raid10_write_request() return a status indicating whether the write
request was successfully queued. This allows raid10_make_request() to
release the writes_pending reference with md_write_end() when a write
request fails.
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Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-399
CWE-404

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-911
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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CWE-404

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures raid10_make_request() acquires a writes_pending reference with md_write_start() before dispatching write requests. Several failure paths in raid10_write_request() complete the bio and return without reaching the normal write completion path, causing the corresponding md_write_end() to be skipped. Make raid10_write_request() return a status indicating whether the write request was successfully queued. This allows raid10_make_request() to release the writes_pending reference with md_write_end() when a write request fails.
Title md/raid10: fix writes_pending leak on write request failures
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T05:14:39.934Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.930Z

Link: CVE-2026-72439

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:17.753

Modified: 2026-08-17T06:19:11.283

Link: CVE-2026-72439

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-72439 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T06:30:04Z

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