CVE-2026-80879
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Circular Locking Dependency in OCFS2 Filesystem
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-80879, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-04
Last updated on: 2026-09-04
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_dio_end_io_write
A circular locking dependency involves INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE,
EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE, and ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE.
1. ocfs2_mknod() acquires INODE_ALLOC then EXTENT_ALLOC.
2. ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() acquires EXTENT_ALLOC for unwritten
extents, then ORPHAN_DIR via ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan() while still
holding EXTENT_ALLOC.
3. ocfs2_wipe_inode() acquires ORPHAN_DIR then INODE_ALLOC via
ocfs2_remove_inode.
Break the cycle in ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() by freeing the allocation
contexts (releasing EXTENT_ALLOC) before acquiring ORPHAN_DIR.
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
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is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8881e78b33a0
(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at:
ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1539/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
but task is already holding lock:
ffff8881e78b4fa0
(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at:
ocfs2_evict_inode+0xe97/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan+0x12e/0x7a0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:2728
ocfs2_dio_end_io+0xf9c/0x1370 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2418
dio_complete+0x25b/0x790 fs/direct-io.c:281
-> #1 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x16d/0x4840 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:882
ocfs2_reserve_new_metadata_blocks+0x415/0x9a0
fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1078
ocfs2_mknod+0x10f3/0x2260 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:351
-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
__lock_acquire+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
ocfs2_remove_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:733 [inline]
ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:896 [inline]
ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1157 [inline]
ocfs2_evict_inode+0x1539/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
Chain exists of:
&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE] -->
&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE] -->
&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]);
lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]);
lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]);
lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]);
*** DEADLOCK ***
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | ocfs2 | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
