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CVE-2026-43278
published 2026-05-06

CVE-2026-43278: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: clear cloned request bio pointer when last clone bio completes Stale rq->bio values…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.12%
2.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: clear cloned request bio pointer when last clone bio completes Stale rq->bio values have been observed to cause double-initialization of cloned bios in request-based device-mapper targets, leading to use-after-free and double-free scenarios. One such case occurs when using dm-multipath on top of a PCIe NVMe namespace, where cloned request bios are freed during blk_complete_request(), but rq->bio is left intact. Subsequent clone teardown then attempts to free the same bios again via blk_rq_unprep_clone(). The resulting double-free path looks like: nvme_pci_complete_batch() nvme_complete_batch() blk_mq_end_request_batch() blk_complete_request() // called on a DM clone request bio_endio() // first free of all clone bios ... rq->end_io() // end_clone_request() dm_complete_request(tio->orig) dm_softirq_done() dm_done() dm_end_request() blk_rq_unprep_clone() // second free of clone bios Fix this by clearing the clone request's bio pointer when the last cloned bio completes, ensuring that later teardown paths do not attempt to free already-released bios.

Affected

39 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= ab3e1d3bbab9e973aeb4dd4603251578658a47ff < 8d9ddad561136f7e6a9346767bf97b4d79e38e678d9ddad561136f7e6a9346767bf97b4d79e38e67
linuxlinux>= ab3e1d3bbab9e973aeb4dd4603251578658a47ff < 7daf279c674d515fb22a727a7bbc92aeb35c54427daf279c674d515fb22a727a7bbc92aeb35c5442
linuxlinux>= ab3e1d3bbab9e973aeb4dd4603251578658a47ff < e2e738e8dfbbf83bd2bae0467ec4420cc52da42ae2e738e8dfbbf83bd2bae0467ec4420cc52da42a
linuxlinux>= ab3e1d3bbab9e973aeb4dd4603251578658a47ff < b1c1a2637ebd675aa2d71fee8c70da8791d73850b1c1a2637ebd675aa2d71fee8c70da8791d73850
linuxlinux>= ab3e1d3bbab9e973aeb4dd4603251578658a47ff < 83d72091804600ead96dc9e9f518ea56cb4942f683d72091804600ead96dc9e9f518ea56cb4942f6
linuxlinux>= ab3e1d3bbab9e973aeb4dd4603251578658a47ff < fb8a6c18fb9a6561f7a15b58b272442b77a242ddfb8a6c18fb9a6561f7a15b58b272442b77a242dd
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1 < 6.1.1656.1.165
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.166.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 6.19.66.19.6
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1286.6.128
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.756.12.75
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure-fips
ubuntulinux-fips
ubuntulinux-gcp
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.8
ubuntulinux-gcp-fips
ubuntulinux-gke
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-ibm

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.0MEDIUM
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