Bug 2451168 (CVE-2026-23285) - CVE-2026-23285 kernel: drbd: fix null-pointer dereference on local read error
Summary: CVE-2026-23285 kernel: drbd: fix null-pointer dereference on local read error
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23285
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-03-25 11:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-25 18:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:02:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drbd: fix null-pointer dereference on local read error

In drbd_request_endio(), READ_COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR is passed to
__req_mod() with a NULL peer_device:

  __req_mod(req, what, NULL, &m);

The READ_COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR handler then unconditionally passes this
NULL peer_device to drbd_set_out_of_sync(), which dereferences it,
causing a null-pointer dereference.

Fix this by obtaining the peer_device via first_peer_device(device),
matching how drbd_req_destroy() handles the same situation.


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