In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio

When doing mkfs.xfs on a pmem device, the following warning was

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 384 at block/blk-core.c:751 submit_bio_noacct
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 PID: 384 Comm: mkfs.xfs Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7+ #154
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
RIP: 0010:submit_bio_noacct+0x340/0x520
......
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? submit_bio_noacct+0xd5/0x520
submit_bio+0x37/0x60
async_pmem_flush+0x79/0xa0
nvdimm_flush+0x17/0x40
pmem_submit_bio+0x370/0x390
__submit_bio+0xbc/0x190
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x14d/0x370
submit_bio_noacct+0x1ef/0x520
submit_bio+0x55/0x60
submit_bio_wait+0x5a/0xc0
blkdev_issue_flush+0x44/0x60

The root cause is that submit_bio_noacct() needs bio_op() is either
WRITE or ZONE_APPEND for flush bio and async_pmem_flush() doesn't assign
REQ_OP_WRITE when allocating flush bio, so submit_bio_noacct just fail
the flush bio.

Simply fix it by adding the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio. And we
could fix the flush order issue and do flush optimization later.
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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio When doing mkfs.xfs on a pmem device, the following warning was ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 384 at block/blk-core.c:751 submit_bio_noacct Modules linked in: CPU: 2 PID: 384 Comm: mkfs.xfs Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7+ #154 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) RIP: 0010:submit_bio_noacct+0x340/0x520 ...... Call Trace: <TASK> ? submit_bio_noacct+0xd5/0x520 submit_bio+0x37/0x60 async_pmem_flush+0x79/0xa0 nvdimm_flush+0x17/0x40 pmem_submit_bio+0x370/0x390 __submit_bio+0xbc/0x190 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x14d/0x370 submit_bio_noacct+0x1ef/0x520 submit_bio+0x55/0x60 submit_bio_wait+0x5a/0xc0 blkdev_issue_flush+0x44/0x60 The root cause is that submit_bio_noacct() needs bio_op() is either WRITE or ZONE_APPEND for flush bio and async_pmem_flush() doesn't assign REQ_OP_WRITE when allocating flush bio, so submit_bio_noacct just fail the flush bio. Simply fix it by adding the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio. And we could fix the flush order issue and do flush optimization later.
Title virtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T13:06:18.904Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.516Z

Link: CVE-2023-54089

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:10.767

Modified: 2025-12-24T13:16:10.767

Link: CVE-2023-54089

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54089 - Bugzilla

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