Bug 2481928 (CVE-2026-46080) - CVE-2026-46080 kernel: ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid credit exhaustion
Summary: CVE-2026-46080 kernel: ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid c...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46080
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-27 15:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-27 17:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-27 15:02:48 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid credit exhaustion

During ocfs2 dio operations, JBD2 may report warnings via following
call trace:
ocfs2_dio_end_io_write
 ocfs2_mark_extent_written
  ocfs2_change_extent_flag
   ocfs2_split_extent
    ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent
     ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction
      ocfs2_extend_trans
       jbd2__journal_restart
        start_this_handle
         output: JBD2: kworker/6:2 wants too many credits credits:5450 rsv_credits:0 max:5449

To prevent exceeding the credits limit, modify ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() to
handle extents in a batch of transaction.

Additionally, relocate ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan().  The orphan inode
should only be removed from the orphan list after the extent tree update
is complete.  This ensures that if a crash occurs in the middle of extent
tree updates, we won't leave stale blocks beyond EOF.

This patch also changes the logic for updating the inode size and removing
orphan, making it similar to ext4_dio_write_end_io().  Both operations are
performed only when everything looks good.

Finally, thanks to Jans and Joseph for providing the bug fix prototype and
suggestions.


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