md: fix warning for holder mismatch from export_rdev()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: fix warning for holder mismatch from export_rdev()
Commit a1d767191096 ("md: use mddev->external to select holder in
export_rdev()") fix the problem that 'claim_rdev' is used for
blkdev_get_by_dev() while 'rdev' is used for blkdev_put().
However, if mddev->external is changed from 0 to 1, then 'rdev' is used
for blkdev_get_by_dev() while 'claim_rdev' is used for blkdev_put(). And
this problem can be reporduced reliably by following:
New file: mdadm/tests/23rdev-lifetime
devname=${dev0##*/}
devt=cat /sys/block/$devname/dev
pid=""
runtime=2
clean_up_test() {
pill -9 $pid
echo clear > /sys/block/md0/md/array_state
}
trap 'clean_up_test' EXIT
add_by_sysfs() {
while true; do
echo $devt > /sys/block/md0/md/new_dev
done
}
remove_by_sysfs(){
while true; do
echo remove > /sys/block/md0/md/dev-${devname}/state
done
}
echo md0 > /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array || die "create md0 failed"
add_by_sysfs &
pid="$pid $!"
remove_by_sysfs &
pid="$pid $!"
sleep $runtime
exit 0
Test cmd:
./test --save-logs --logdir=/tmp/ --keep-going --dev=loop --tests=23rdev-lifetime
Test result:
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 960 at block/bdev.c:618 blkdev_put+0x27c/0x330
Modules linked in: multipath md_mod loop
CPU: 0 PID: 960 Comm: test Not tainted 6.5.0-rc2-00121-g01e55c376936-dirty #50
RIP: 0010:blkdev_put+0x27c/0x330
Call Trace:
<TASK>
export_rdev.isra.23+0x50/0xa0 [md_mod]
mddev_unlock+0x19d/0x300 [md_mod]
rdev_attr_store+0xec/0x190 [md_mod]
sysfs_kf_write+0x52/0x70
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x19a/0x2a0
vfs_write+0x3b5/0x770
ksys_write+0x74/0x150
__x64_sys_write+0x22/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x40/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Fix the problem by recording if 'rdev' is used as holder.
CVE-2023-53791 is recorded against 2 packages.
Published on 9 December 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)
kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.5.0 | 6.5.5 |
| unknown | — | — |
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