Filesystem hang via circular OCFS2 lock ordering
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
A locking flaw in the Linux OCFS2 direct-I/O completion path allows attackers to hang filesystem operations via concurrent inode activity. ocfs2_dio_end_io_write retains the EXTENT_ALLOC lock while ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan acquires ORPHAN_DIR, completing a cycle with INODE_ALLOC. Reachability requires OCFS2 and a concurrent interleaving of unwritten-extent direct-I/O completion with inode creation and deletion; the bounded consequence is blocked filesystem work.
Summary
What happened
A locking flaw in the Linux OCFS2 direct-I/O completion path allows attackers to hang filesystem operations via concurrent inode activity. ocfs2_dio_end_io_write retains the EXTENT_ALLOC lock while ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan acquires ORPHAN_DIR, completing a cycle with INODE_ALLOC. Reachability requires OCFS2 and a concurrent interleaving of unwritten-extent direct-I/O completion with inode creation and deletion; the bounded consequence is blocked filesystem work.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80879
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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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=069c3fb310e9336cf48cfdf8748a32c29fd0193d
- Affected versionversion=1e99bb19994246514d63e656492904176f9d5edd <137e8b4823a9a11928428d4ec0a0cacb2f50a769
- Affected versionversion=3c636a3edca9c3f180b3079f94fe7e115730d9c6 <ae1f3460833d3e427420ab260278ec0e45d68c86
- Affected versionversion=5.10.258 <5.10.261
- Affected versionversion=5.15.209 <5.15.212
- Affected versionversion=6.1.175 <6.1.178
- Affected versionversion=6.12.86 <6.12.97
- Affected versionversion=6.18.27 <6.18.40
- Affected versionversion=6.6.140 <6.6.145
- Affected versionversion=7.0.4 <7.1
- Affected versionversion=7.1
- Affected versionversion=886f97fa59d0bbfa9859fb1a66dd9e014b522d89 <49b34bd3ad69611af03590a23abf2cda9ac1073d
- Affected versionversion=91e05ac2336d00d5b99fc774be4bd50039084796 <4273548e418bd935430d35e9d052870f323441f3
- Affected versionversion=97c03c0e9f73a5049794b3c69ee60fb5e8b0ebd8 <f0ae0a6ca87dc2d4a789f71cdedb808ba6c16990
- Affected versionversion=d647c5b2fbf81560818dacade360abc8c00a9665 <f3dd1e534e9de64669415f8239e0094afecfed78
- Affected versionversion=d647c5b2fbf81560818dacade360abc8c00a9665 <ff6f26c58421614b02694ac9d219ac61d924bc68
- Affected versionversion=ea5bb1d20da756e4f41a48dad42b2e7d6e73f71e <ff187c502b39389b0d732cb7050a3db8e5ebfcd6
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