CVE-2026-53123 | md: wake raid456 reshape waiters before suspend

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: wake raid456 reshape waiters before suspend During raid456 reshape, direct IO across the reshape position can sleep in raid5_make_request() waiting for reshape progress while still holding an active_io reference. If userspace then freezes reshape and writes md/suspend_lo or md/suspend_hi, mddev_suspend() kills active_io and waits for all in-flight IO to drain. This can deadlock: the IO needs reshape progress to continue, but the reshape thread is already frozen, so the active_io reference is never dropped and suspend never completes. raid5_prepare_suspend() already wakes wait_for_reshape for dm-raid. Do the same for normal md suspend when reshape is already interrupted, so waiting raid456 IO can abort, drop its reference, and let suspend finish. The mdadm test tests/25raid456-reshape-deadlock reproduces the hang.

Published: 2026-06-24 Last update: 2026-06-24 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-53123 is rated Low Risk (6.7/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-53123

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-25 0.17%

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-53123

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-53123

GHSA-26h7-ghcj-373h · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: wake raid456 reshape...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-53123

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-53123 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-53123
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53123
ubuntu low CVE-2026-53123 low priority: Ubuntu including 160 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1440 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1038, ignored 172, released 86, not-affected 79, needed 61, needs-triage 2, pending 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53123

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-53123

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.91 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.18.33 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 7.0.10 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-53123

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