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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/md-llbitmap: stop daemon timer rearm on destroy
llbitmap_destroy() deletes pending_timer before flushing md_llbitmap_io_wq. However, daemon_work can still be queued or running after the timer has been deleted, and the daemon path can arm pending_timer again when it finds dirty chunks that are not ready to flush yet.
If that happens during teardown, pending_timer can remain armed after llbitmap is freed and later dereference freed memory.
Add a BITMAP_SHUTDOWN bit to llbitmap->flags, set it before deleting the timer, and make the timer and daemon paths stop queueing or rearming work once teardown starts. Cancel daemon_work before flushing the shared workqueue so no already queued daemon instance can race with the free. Use timer_shutdown_sync() so a daemon instance that passed the shutdown check before teardown cannot rearm the timer afterward.
BITMAP_SHUTDOWN is a runtime-only state. Mask it out when reading and updating the llbitmap superblock so the shutdown state is never loaded from disk or persisted to disk.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-hwe-7.0Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-riscv-7.0Upgrade linux-riscvUpgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-oem-7.0 | Nov 3, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 |
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