Bug 2541433 (CVE-2026-98161) - CVE-2026-98161 kernel: nvdimm: pmem: keep PREFLUSH before data writes
Summary: CVE-2026-98161 kernel: nvdimm: pmem: keep PREFLUSH before data writes
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98161
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 13:39 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 17:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 13:39:06 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvdimm: pmem: keep PREFLUSH before data writes

pmem_submit_bio() records a REQ_PREFLUSH error, but continues to copy the
bio data and can later overwrite the error with a successful REQ_FUA flush.
That lets data writes run after a failed preflush and can complete the bio
successfully despite the failed ordering barrier.

Run the REQ_PREFLUSH flush synchronously before touching the bio data and
complete the bio with the flush error if it fails. Keep asynchronous flush
chaining for REQ_FUA. At that point, data copy has completed and the parent
bio can wait for the chained flush bio.


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