Bug 2562660 (CVE-2026-99132) - CVE-2026-99132 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via deadlock in XFS superblock buffer synchronization
Summary: CVE-2026-99132 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via deadlock in XFS superblo...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99132
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-28 10:45 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-29 13:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 10:45:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfs: don't hold buffer locks across sync transaction commit in xfs_sync_sb_buf

xfs_sync_sb_buf() holds sb/rtsb buffer locks across a synchronous
xfs_trans_commit(), which flushes the CIL push workqueue internally.
If shutdown occurs during the CIL push, xfs_buf_item_unpin() needs to
lock these buffers to fail them, causing a deadlock:

  setlabel:          holds buf lock -> flush_workqueue(xfs-cil)
  CIL push worker:   xfs_buf_item_unpin -> xfs_buf_lock(same buf)

Remove the xfs_trans_bhold() calls so that commit releases the buffer
locks normally.  After the sync commit, re-acquire the buffers via
mp->m_sb_bp / mp->m_rtsb_bp for the on-disk writeback.


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