In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: Don't register sync_thread for reshape directly
Currently, if reshape is interrupted, then reassemble the array will register sync_thread directly from pers->run(), in this case 'MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING' is set directly, however, there is no guarantee that md_do_sync() will be executed, hence stop_sync_thread() will hang because 'MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING' can't be cleared.
Last patch make sure that md_do_sync() will set MD_RECOVERY_DONE, however, following hang can still be triggered by dm-raid test shell/lvconvert-raid-reshape.sh occasionally:
[root@fedora ~]# cat /proc/1982/stack [<0>] stop_sync_thread+0x1ab/0x270 [md_mod] [<0>] md_frozen_sync_thread+0x5c/0xa0 [md_mod] [<0>] raid_presuspend+0x1e/0x70 [dm_raid] [<0>] dm_table_presuspend_targets+0x40/0xb0 [dm_mod] [<0>] __dm_destroy+0x2a5/0x310 [dm_mod] [<0>] dm_destroy+0x16/0x30 [dm_mod] [<0>] dev_remove+0x165/0x290 [dm_mod] [<0>] ctl_ioctl+0x4bb/0x7b0 [dm_mod] [<0>] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x11/0x20 [dm_mod] [<0>] vfs_ioctl+0x21/0x60 [<0>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xb9/0xe0 [<0>] do_syscall_64+0xc6/0x230 [<0>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6c/0x74
Meanwhile mddev->recovery is: MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING | MD_RECOVERY_INTR | MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE | MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN
Fix this problem by remove the code to register sync_thread directly from raid10 and raid5. And let md_check_recovery() to register sync_thread.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 15, 2025 | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-rt-livepatch-develUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade dlm-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-syms-rtUpgrade kernel-devel-rtUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-vdsoUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-vdsoUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kselftests-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-rt-extraUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-source-rtUpgrade kernel-rt_debug-develUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-rt-optionalUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-rt_debugUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade gfs2-kmp-rtUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-rtUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-syms | Jun 24, 2024 | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-raspi-realtime | Feb 11, 2025 | Apr 3, 2024 |
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