CVE-2022-50436

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't set up encryption key during jbd2 transaction Commit a80f7fcf1867 ("ext4: fixup ext4_fc_track_* functions' signature") extended the scope of the transaction in ext4_unlink() too far, making it include the call to ext4_find_entry(). However, ext4_find_entry() can deadlock when called from within a transaction because it may need to set up the directory's encryption key. Fix this by restoring the transaction to its original scope.

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.10.1 < 5.10.163) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.87) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.0.18) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.1 < 6.1.4) • linux linux kernel 5.10