Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-43163
CVE-2026-43163
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race
A General Protection Fault occurs in write_page() during array resize: RIP: 0010:write_page+0x22b/0x3c0 [md_mod]
This is a use-after-free race between bitmap_daemon_work() and __bitmap_resize(). The daemon iterates over bitmap->storage.filemap without locking, while the resize path frees that storage via md_bitmap_file_unmap(). quiesce() does not stop the md thread, allowing concurrent access to freed pages.
Fix by holding mddev->bitmap_info.mutex during the bitmap update.
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