System hang via missing NOFS context restoration
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
A deadlock in XFS in Linux 7.0, 7.1.0 through 7.1.10, and 7.2.0 allows attackers to hang the system via a failed transaction commit. In xfs_trans_roll, a failed __xfs_trans_commit clears the NOFS context, and the error path fails to restore it, allowing xfs_nondir_ilock_class and fs_reclaim to form a circular lock dependency. The Linux kernel CNA has not published how attackers can induce the commit failure, so reachability depends on access to that XFS transaction error path.
Summary
What happened
A deadlock in XFS in Linux 7.0, 7.1.0 through 7.1.10, and 7.2.0 allows attackers to hang the system via a failed transaction commit. In xfs_trans_roll, a failed __xfs_trans_commit clears the NOFS context, and the error path fails to restore it, allowing xfs_nondir_ilock_class and fs_reclaim to form a circular lock dependency. The Linux kernel CNA has not published how attackers can induce the commit failure, so reachability depends on access to that XFS transaction error path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80804
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.0
- Affected versionversion=a1ca658d649a4d8972e2e21ac2625b633217e327 <0241ea5fb0fe86d2a673163b2f5815111aadc7f7
- Affected versionversion=a1ca658d649a4d8972e2e21ac2625b633217e327 <4d00a39c676274f4071b467e630565ac1e3ae0f2
- Affected versionversion=a1ca658d649a4d8972e2e21ac2625b633217e327 <b09198cf90ccf296970b774beea1c1ddb260f94c
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