Kernel warning via incorrect recovery-state check
Published Aug 17, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
Availability flaw in Linux kernel dm-raid allows local users to trigger a kernel warning during RAID resume after a table load. raid_resume tests MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING as a proxy for sync_thread registration, although md_check_recovery can set that bit without registering the thread. Reaching the warning requires a configured dm-raid device and a table-load resume operation; published evidence reports a warning, not data corruption.
Summary
What happened
Availability flaw in Linux kernel dm-raid allows local users to trigger a kernel warning during RAID resume after a table load. raid_resume tests MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING as a proxy for sync_thread registration, although md_check_recovery can set that bit without registering the thread. Reaching the warning requires a configured dm-raid device and a table-load resume operation; published evidence reports a warning, not data corruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43820
- Published
- Aug 17, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16c4770c75b1223998adbeb7286f9a15c65fba73 <3199a34bfaf7561410e0be1e33a61eba870768fc
- Affected versionversion=16c4770c75b1223998adbeb7286f9a15c65fba73 <a5c15a78c0e1631b7df822b56e8b6424e4d1ca3e
- Affected versionversion=6.7.12 <6.8
- Affected versionversion=6.8.3 <6.9
- Affected versionversion=6.9
- Affected versionversion=af916cb66a80597f3523bc85812e790bcdcfd62b
- Affected versionversion=eaa8fc9b092837cf2c754bde1a15d784ce9a85ab
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