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SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT

CVE-2026-99132

28 October 2026

xfs_sync_sb_buf() holds sb/rtsb buffer locks across a synchronous xfs_trans_commit(), which flushes the CIL push workqueue internally. If shutdown occurs during the CIL push, xfs_buf_item_unpin() needs to lock these buffers to fail them, causing a deadlock:

setlabel: holds buf lock -> flush_workqueue(xfs-cil) CIL push worker: xfs_buf_item_unpin -> xfs_buf_lock(same buf)

Remove the xfs_trans_bhold() calls so that commit releases the buffer locks normally. After the sync commit, re-acquire the buffers via mp->m_sb_bp / mp->m_rtsb_bp for the on-disk writeback.

Introduced

4.18 f7664b31975bd893190708e76b2c424328f0c49b

Fixed releases

6.18.59 e5456dec79c71c8ef8f9f9adb77d320f113b34db

7.2.13 6353e5cd8c43d6e805cacbfbfecf4103571a7ff8

7.3 41a28c865d1d5843f8cb9e0af17a8f4d9e2961ff

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