ext4: skip extra isize expansion during mount to prevent deadlock
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: skip extra isize expansion during mount to prevent deadlock ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize() is called from __ext4_mark_inode_dirty() while holding an active jbd2 handle. During mount (!SB_ACTIVE), the expand path may move xattrs to external blocks and release ea_inodes via iput(). When !SB_ACTIVE, iput() calls write_inode_now() which acquires s_writepages_rwsem, creating a circular lock dependency: s_writepages_rwsem --> jbd2_handle --> xattr_sem --> s_writepages_rwsem This can be triggered via: ext4_process_orphan() -> ext4_truncate() -> ext4_mark_inode_dirty() -> ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize() or: ext4_evict_inode() -> ext4_mark_inode_dirty() -> ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize() Skip expansion when !SB_ACTIVE. This is a minor loss of functionality (extra isize won't grow for these inodes during mount), which e2fsck can resolve later if needed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93268
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7gm5-hpmg-j6v2
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41897f1bcf4ace5f1f28d0be784b6f4f0e929641
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c3469377b1d8caba6bec6ef3c460810bbfb02cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd4882dbdc8bfdf2182fa388883c143fac0902a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ba09330d9ea6e996228316719eae812d7e04983
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5e6434cc55f30220b228be237bb666351f9f4dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ace189b9ea79cf78df9c32b940ce12735f9459a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb8ff81659a57c42bb7b49e8339a2be2a318ef8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7461c60b9c6a839b13ad4c3490681a0cf5aa0637
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93268 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93268 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7gm5-hpmg-j6v2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93268 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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