{"id":"CVE-2023-54089","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"virtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio\n\nWhen doing mkfs.xfs on a pmem device, the following warning was\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 384 at block/blk-core.c:751 submit_bio_noacct\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 2 PID: 384 Comm: mkfs.xfs Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7+ #154\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)\n RIP: 0010:submit_bio_noacct+0x340/0x520\n ......\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? submit_bio_noacct+0xd5/0x520\n  submit_bio+0x37/0x60\n  async_pmem_flush+0x79/0xa0\n  nvdimm_flush+0x17/0x40\n  pmem_submit_bio+0x370/0x390\n  __submit_bio+0xbc/0x190\n  submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x14d/0x370\n  submit_bio_noacct+0x1ef/0x520\n  submit_bio+0x55/0x60\n  submit_bio_wait+0x5a/0xc0\n  blkdev_issue_flush+0x44/0x60\n\nThe root cause is that submit_bio_noacct() needs bio_op() is either\nWRITE or ZONE_APPEND for flush bio and async_pmem_flush() doesn't assign\nREQ_OP_WRITE when allocating flush bio, so submit_bio_noacct just fail\nthe flush bio.\n\nSimply fix it by adding the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio. And we\ncould fix the flush order issue and do flush optimization later.","publishedAt":"2025-12-24T13:06:18.904Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:55:16.792Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"b4a6bb3a67aa0c37b2b6cd47efc326eb455de674","status":"affected","lessThan":"e39e870e1e683a71d3d2e63e661a5695f60931a7","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b4a6bb3a67aa0c37b2b6cd47efc326eb455de674","status":"affected","lessThan":"c7ab7e45ccef209809f8c2b00f497deec06b29c0","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b4a6bb3a67aa0c37b2b6cd47efc326eb455de674","status":"affected","lessThan":"c1dbd8a849183b9c12d257ad3043ecec50db50b3","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.3","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.5.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e39e870e1e683a71d3d2e63e661a5695f60931a7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7ab7e45ccef209809f8c2b00f497deec06b29c0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1dbd8a849183b9c12d257ad3043ecec50db50b3"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:42.242Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/54xxx/CVE-2023-54089.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-54089","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-12-24T13:06:18.904Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:55:16.792Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-12-24T13:02:52.516Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"virtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio_pmem: add the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio\n\nWhen doing mkfs.xfs on a pmem device, the following warning was\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 384 at block/blk-core.c:751 submit_bio_noacct\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 2 PID: 384 Comm: mkfs.xfs Not tainted 6.4.0-rc7+ #154\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)\n RIP: 0010:submit_bio_noacct+0x340/0x520\n ......\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? submit_bio_noacct+0xd5/0x520\n  submit_bio+0x37/0x60\n  async_pmem_flush+0x79/0xa0\n  nvdimm_flush+0x17/0x40\n  pmem_submit_bio+0x370/0x390\n  __submit_bio+0xbc/0x190\n  submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x14d/0x370\n  submit_bio_noacct+0x1ef/0x520\n  submit_bio+0x55/0x60\n  submit_bio_wait+0x5a/0xc0\n  blkdev_issue_flush+0x44/0x60\n\nThe root cause is that submit_bio_noacct() needs bio_op() is either\nWRITE or ZONE_APPEND for flush bio and async_pmem_flush() doesn't assign\nREQ_OP_WRITE when allocating flush bio, so submit_bio_noacct just fail\nthe flush bio.\n\nSimply fix it by adding the missing REQ_OP_WRITE for flush bio. And we\ncould fix the flush order issue and do flush optimization later."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"b4a6bb3a67aa0c37b2b6cd47efc326eb455de674","status":"affected","lessThan":"e39e870e1e683a71d3d2e63e661a5695f60931a7","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b4a6bb3a67aa0c37b2b6cd47efc326eb455de674","status":"affected","lessThan":"c7ab7e45ccef209809f8c2b00f497deec06b29c0","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b4a6bb3a67aa0c37b2b6cd47efc326eb455de674","status":"affected","lessThan":"c1dbd8a849183b9c12d257ad3043ecec50db50b3","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.3","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.4.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.5.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.5.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e39e870e1e683a71d3d2e63e661a5695f60931a7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7ab7e45ccef209809f8c2b00f497deec06b29c0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1dbd8a849183b9c12d257ad3043ecec50db50b3"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:55:16.792Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.4.16"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.5.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.6"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}