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md/raid1,raid10: don't ignore IO flags

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid1,raid10: don't ignore IO flags If blk-wbt is enabled by default, it's found that raid write performance is quite bad because all IO are throttled by wbt of underlying disks, due to flag REQ_IDLE is ignored. And turns out this behaviour exist since blk-wbt is introduced. Other than REQ_IDLE, other flags should not be ignored as well, for example REQ_META can be set for filesystems, clearing it can cause priority reverse problems; And REQ_NOWAIT should not be cleared as well, because io will wait instead of failing directly in underlying disks. Fix those problems by keep IO flags from master bio. Fises: f51d46d0e7cb ("md: add support for REQ_NOWAIT")

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.46, 6.14.2, 6.6.136
CVEs
CVE-2025-22125
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 08:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

md/raid1,raid10: don't ignore IO flags

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Apr 2025, 14:13 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid1,raid10: don't ignore IO flags If blk-wbt is enabled by default, it's found that raid write performance is quite bad because all IO are throttled by wbt of underlying disks, due to flag REQ_IDLE is ignored. And turns out this behaviour exist since blk-wbt is introduced. Other than REQ_IDLE, other flags should not be ignored as well, for example REQ_META can be set for filesystems, clearing it can cause priority reverse problems; And REQ_NOWAIT should not be cleared as well, because io will wait instead of failing directly in underlying disks. Fix those problems by keep IO flags from master bio. Fises: f51d46d0e7cb ("md: add support for REQ_NOWAIT")

osv:CVE-2025-22125

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.136, 6.12.46, 6.14.2

Complete source record
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