CVE-2026-89833

f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadloop in f2fs_fsync_node_pages()

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Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadloop in f2fs_fsync_node_pages() There is potential deadloop in race condition: Thread A Thread B - fsync - f2fs_do_sync_file - f2fs_fsync_node_pages - last_fsync_dnode - folio_get(last_folio) - f2fs_setattr - f2fs_truncate - f2fs_truncate_blocks - f2fs_do_truncate_blocks - f2fs_truncate_inode_blocks - truncate_dnode - truncate_node - invalidate_mapping_pages - folio->mapping = NULL - is_node_folio alwasy return false - atomic && !marked is always true, then goto retry

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.7608514deba38c8611ad330d6a3c8e2b9a1f68e4b
Vendor states this is fixed in 161513f53e4ac90fd356433bdf8e31e6adeb92af (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 905411f6504876d268ba8dafc8e75367782da4b7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ce366bfa821ec81dd45bde547ee31e659306cc61 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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