Bug 2528673 (CVE-2026-80855)

Summary: CVE-2026-80855 kernel: fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on open O_TRUNC DAX failure
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) component. A local user could exploit this by opening a file with the O_TRUNC flag, which attempts to truncate the file. If a signal interrupts the Direct Access (DAX) page invalidation process during this operation, a lock can be leaked. This leaked lock can cause subsequent file operations, such as further truncates or faults, to stall indefinitely, leading to a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-04 16:23:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on open O_TRUNC DAX failure

fuse_open() takes filemap_invalidate_lock() for a DAX truncate
(dax_truncate = true) and releases it before the out_inode_unlock
label.  But when fuse_dax_break_layouts() fails, the goto
out_inode_unlock skips the unlock and leaks the rwsem, so any later
fault or truncate on the file stalls on the stale lock.

fuse_dax_break_layouts() can fail with -ERESTARTSYS when a signal
interrupts the wait for busy DAX pages to drain:

  open("file", O_RDWR | O_TRUNC)
  └─ fuse_open()
     ├─ filemap_invalidate_lock()        # dax_truncate
     └─ fuse_dax_break_layouts()
        └─ dax_break_layout()
           └─ wait_page_idle()           # TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
              └─ fuse_wait_dax_page()    # unlock, schedule, re-lock
                 └─ signal → -ERESTARTSYS
     goto out_inode_unlock               # <- lock leaked

Fix this by moving filemap_invalidate_unlock() below the label so
that all error paths release the lock, and rename the label to
out_unlock as it now covers more than just the inode lock.