CVE-2026-23232

Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"

published March 4, 2026

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"

This reverts commit 196c81fdd438f7ac429d5639090a9816abb9760a.

Original patch may cause below deadlock, revert it.

write remount

- write_begin

- lock_page --- lock A

- prepare_write_begin

- f2fs_map_lock

- f2fs_enable_checkpoint

- down_write(cp_enable_rwsem) --- lock B

- sync_inode_sb

- writepages

- lock_page --- lock A

- down_read(cp_enable_rwsem) --- lock A

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00108 · 1.1th percentile
Published
2026-03-04T14:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAR 14:36Z
    Revert "f2fs: block cache/dio write during f2fs_enable_checkpoint()"
    cvelistv5