Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:6837 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2026-04-07
Updated:
2026-04-07

RHBA-2026:6837 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

mdadm bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for mdadm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

The mdadm packages contain a utility for creating, managing, and monitoring Linux multiple disk (MD) devices.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • [9.7.z] Mounting an md device may fail during boot from mdadm's claim on the device not being released before systemd attempts to mount (JIRA:RHEL-106747)
  • [rhel9.7.z] mdadm don't stop array during assemble (JIRA:RHEL-130808)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64

Fixes

  • RHEL-130808 - [rhel9.7.z] mdadm don't stop array during assemble

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 594a747101c812a54a631dcefc06f670eb6562b27afa5b2b525e75bbf2693a45
x86_64
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2056efe0dccee223fd09cb05d7104636e8c6e1dc9ff729f3492b89e132d7cd7f
mdadm-debuginfo-4.4-4.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1d55e1b014caf13e197c3997b22c6850fd82e255306c66a7c172f8e2541eaf3
mdadm-debugsource-4.4-4.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 658930b4d883b33391dddec8ed44dc25c720a57e5699b0c486e8aca87a332bc9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 594a747101c812a54a631dcefc06f670eb6562b27afa5b2b525e75bbf2693a45
s390x
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 449bb2a41cac5a2cc29d65eca2a29d1162816818352af4c8c7bd22ebf2f25e82
mdadm-debuginfo-4.4-4.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cdb9fed768673f43180a801e8fa2eeca529bb2aea945f20469d5acb3e7c7eb61
mdadm-debugsource-4.4-4.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bec58853e25b8bb6326882a52a0f5f597c5c4548628a851fb9f80cb1dac63a0a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 594a747101c812a54a631dcefc06f670eb6562b27afa5b2b525e75bbf2693a45
ppc64le
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 215573151418cd49264e2b373d738054471ecf387da5e1e3672bbeeacd9e032d
mdadm-debuginfo-4.4-4.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1d652799e51335e6df17c395fae939c386a021b87d6c38b5e7726cdc8e54398e
mdadm-debugsource-4.4-4.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 81da195d30e622c6979aa0e6be82f2d2b94d3e954ab61c5875888633ba9f15e3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 594a747101c812a54a631dcefc06f670eb6562b27afa5b2b525e75bbf2693a45
aarch64
mdadm-4.4-4.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2b47f2a29d0248ef632cd3af1e367b480d7bc8d7f1c3971866078d34d0218685
mdadm-debuginfo-4.4-4.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 44b8822d381e87919068f6c6a9be3fb790920b98eb7216a42f767f5fdab2946d
mdadm-debugsource-4.4-4.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4f1fb390788ed2da422a187cb80e4c813222ca37936214001f3468e8c813e9ef

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