SB20260925125 - Deadlock in Linux kernel ocfs2

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SB20260925125 - Deadlock in Linux kernel ocfs2

Published: September 25, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB20260925125
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Deadlock (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93252)

CWE-ID: CWE-833 - Deadlock

CVSSv4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper lock ordering in the OCFS2 ACL initialization and extended attribute handling paths when concurrently performing extended attribute updates and filesystem node-creation operations. A local user can perform concurrent extended attribute updates and mkdir or mknod operations to cause a denial of service.

Exploitation depends on a pending writer on the journal transaction barrier causing the conflicting lock acquisition paths to block.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References