dm cache: fix write hang in passthrough mode (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-53063
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: fix write hang in passthrough mode The invalidate_remove() function has incomplete logic for handling write hit bios after cache invalidation. It sets up the remapping for the overwrite_bio but then drops it immediately without submission, causing write operations to hang. Fix by adding a new invalidate_committed() continuation that submits the remapped writes to the cache origin after metadata commit completes, while using the overwrite_endio hook to ensure proper completion sequencing. This maintains existing coherency. Also improve error handling in invalidate_complete() to preserve the original error status instead of using bio_io_error() unconditionally.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f < 9fa18d0b981776b190ca4632942a7c2174052b78 ; affected b29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f < ecb10c193cbebf5e6984246a9b4ff1f95d45ed87 ; affected b29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f < 64d6519b00be4116d365bd31f33a5e5ce2944c1a ; affected b29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f < b8ace9e96983abb20ccf39edce8a60f1bb0b83d8 ; affected b29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f < 05798d091ebcfb6d68228890e593f209e8ac940d ; affected b29d4986d0da1a27cd35917cdb433672f5c95d7f < 4ca8b8bd952df7c3ccdc68af9bd3419d0839a04b
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.12 ; unaffected 0 < 4.12 ; unaffected 6.1.175 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.141 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.91 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.33 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD