CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-43127
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-05-06
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.6.66 < 6.18.16)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08ce2fee1b869ecbfbd94e0eb2630e52203a2e03 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76016d15bbd90caa0ce7765fddf9bde8e943e601 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b014372b62237521444ee51384549bdf48b79015 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8d22d9d8260b0f4f4d8e2898c98037c9982ea66 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d60f09d2d16c44a797d8cb67015cde2508720506 git.kernel.org