CVE-2026-43127 (GCVE-0-2026-43127)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 11:27 – Updated: 2026-05-07 17:14
VLAI?
Title
ntfs3: fix circular locking dependency in run_unpack_ex
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs3: fix circular locking dependency in run_unpack_ex
Syzbot reported a circular locking dependency between wnd->rw_lock
(sbi->used.bitmap) and ni->file.run_lock.
The deadlock scenario:
1. ntfs_extend_mft() takes ni->file.run_lock then wnd->rw_lock.
2. run_unpack_ex() takes wnd->rw_lock then tries to acquire
ni->file.run_lock inside ntfs_refresh_zone().
This creates an AB-BA deadlock.
Fix this by using down_read_trylock() instead of down_read() when
acquiring run_lock in run_unpack_ex(). If the lock is contended,
skip ntfs_refresh_zone() - the MFT zone will be refreshed on the
next MFT operation. This breaks the circular dependency since we
never block waiting for run_lock while holding wnd->rw_lock.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5fc982fe7eca9d0cf7b25832450ebd4f7c8e1c36 , < b014372b62237521444ee51384549bdf48b79015
(git)
Affected: 5fc982fe7eca9d0cf7b25832450ebd4f7c8e1c36 , < b8d22d9d8260b0f4f4d8e2898c98037c9982ea66 (git) Affected: 5fc982fe7eca9d0cf7b25832450ebd4f7c8e1c36 , < 08ce2fee1b869ecbfbd94e0eb2630e52203a2e03 (git) Affected: 57f7979aefdcef66326bda47e07ee0d8be64bf21 (git) Affected: db7fc56646cafe39599a4c21f1398e2bdfd5c185 (git) |
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