7.5
CVE-2026-72203
- EPSS 0.58%
- Veröffentlicht 15.08.2026 05:54:00
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 19.08.2026 08:17:13
- Erkennungen
ntfs: skip extent mft records in writeback to prevent deadlock
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: skip extent mft records in writeback to prevent deadlock
This patch fixes the ABBA deadlock between extent_lock and extent
mrec_lock triggered by xfstests generic/113, that occurs since the commit
6994acf33bae ("ntfs: use base mft_no when looking up base inode for
extent record").
Path A (inode writeback):
VFS writeback
-> ntfs_write_inode()
-> __ntfs_write_inode()
-> mutex_lock(&ni->extent_lock)
-> mutex_lock(&tni->mrec_lock)
Path B (MFT folio writeback):
VFS writeback of $MFT dirty folios
-> ntfs_mft_writepages()
-> ntfs_write_mft_block()
-> ntfs_may_write_mft_record()
-> holds one extent mrec_lock from a previous iteration
-> tries to acquire another base inode extent_lock
By removing all extent_lock and extent mrec_lock acquisition from the MFT
folio writeback path, the ABBA lock ordering is eliminated:
Path A: __ntfs_write_inode(): extent_lock -> mrec_lock
Path B (removed): ntfs_write_mft_block(): mrec_lock -> extent_lock
Path B is always redundant for extent records because:
1. mark_mft_record_dirty(ext_ni) does NOT dirty the MFT folio.
It only sets NInoDirty(ext_ni) and marks the base VFS inode dirty
via __mark_inode_dirty(I_DIRTY_DATASYNC), which triggers Path A.
Therefore, normal extent modifications never create a situation where
the MFT folio is dirty and Path B is not scheduled.
2. The MFT folio only gets dirtied via ntfs_mft_mark_dirty() inside
ntfs_mft_record_alloc(). But all identified callers in attrib.c
(ntfs_attr_add, ntfs_attr_record_move_away,
ntfs_attr_make_non_resident, ntfs_attr_record_resize) follow through
with mark_mft_record_dirty(), which triggers Path A to write the
complete record.
3. ntfs_evict_big_inode() calls ntfs_commit_inode() before freeing extent
inodes, ensuring all dirty extents are flushed via Path A before the
base inode leaves the icache.Daten sind bereitgestellt durch das CVE Programm von einer CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) (Unstrukturiert).
HerstellerLinux
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Produkt
Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version <
7ffa8f3d30236e0ab897c30bdb01224ff1fe1c89
Status
affected
Version
1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669
Version <
f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3
Status
affected
Version
1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669
Version <
76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce
Status
affected
HerstellerLinux
≫
Produkt
Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version
2.6.12
Status
affected
Version
7.1
Status
affected
Version
0
Version <
2.6.12
Status
unaffected
Version
6.9
Version <
7.1
Status
unaffected
Version <=
7.1.*
Version
7.1.5
Status
unaffected
Version <=
*
Version
7.2
Status
unaffected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.58% | 0.45 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f831ab09d521898bf1dd99bf5adfd630ea1428e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76bc14c7097ff678b2b5dbfd4fa33b46897d87ce
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ffa8f3d30236e0ab897c30bdb01224ff1fe1c89