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

raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request

If raid10_read_request or raid10_write_request registers a new
request and the REQ_NOWAIT flag is set, the code does not
free the malloc from the mempool.

unreferenced object 0xffff8884802c3200 (size 192):
comm "fio", pid 9197, jiffies 4298078271
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 41 02 00 00 00 00 00 .........A......
08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc c1a049a2):
__kmalloc+0x2bb/0x450
mempool_alloc+0x11b/0x320
raid10_make_request+0x19e/0x650 [raid10]
md_handle_request+0x3b3/0x9e0
__submit_bio+0x394/0x560
__submit_bio_noacct+0x145/0x530
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x682/0x830
__blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x4dc/0x6b0
blkdev_read_iter+0x1e5/0x3b0
__io_read+0x230/0x1110
io_read+0x13/0x30
io_issue_sqe+0x134/0x1180
io_submit_sqes+0x48c/0xe90
__do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x574/0x8b0
do_syscall_64+0x5c/0xe0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

V4: changing backing tree to see if CKI tests will pass.
The patch code has not changed between any versions.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request If raid10_read_request or raid10_write_request registers a new request and the REQ_NOWAIT flag is set, the code does not free the malloc from the mempool. unreferenced object 0xffff8884802c3200 (size 192): comm "fio", pid 9197, jiffies 4298078271 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 41 02 00 00 00 00 00 .........A...... 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc c1a049a2): __kmalloc+0x2bb/0x450 mempool_alloc+0x11b/0x320 raid10_make_request+0x19e/0x650 [raid10] md_handle_request+0x3b3/0x9e0 __submit_bio+0x394/0x560 __submit_bio_noacct+0x145/0x530 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x682/0x830 __blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x4dc/0x6b0 blkdev_read_iter+0x1e5/0x3b0 __io_read+0x230/0x1110 io_read+0x13/0x30 io_issue_sqe+0x134/0x1180 io_submit_sqes+0x48c/0xe90 __do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x574/0x8b0 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0xe0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e V4: changing backing tree to see if CKI tests will pass. The patch code has not changed between any versions.
Title raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-28T04:22:27.102Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.017Z

Link: CVE-2025-38444

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-25T16:15:29.860

Modified: 2025-07-29T14:14:55.157

Link: CVE-2025-38444

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38444 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-07-26T12:07:38Z