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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix deadlock when converting an inline directory in nojournal mode In no journal mode, ext4_finish_convert_inline_dir() can self-deadlock by calling ext4_handle_dirty_dirblock() when it already has taken the directory lock. There is a similar self-deadlock in ext4_incvert_inline_data_nolock() for data files which we'll fix at the same time. A simple reproducer demonstrating the problem: mke2fs -Fq -t ext2 -O inline_data -b 4k /dev/vdc 64 mount -t ext4 -o dirsync /dev/vdc /vdc cd /vdc mkdir file0 cd file0 touch file0 touch file1 attr -s BurnSpaceInEA -V abcde . touch supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-30 | Published 2025-12-30 | Updated 2026-01-05 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before b4fa4768c9acff77245d672d855d2c88294850b1
affected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before 5f8b55136ad787aed2c184f7cb3e93772ae637a3
affected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before 640c8c365999c6f23447ac766437236ad88317c5
affected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before 665cc3ba50330049524c1d275bc840a8f28dde73
affected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before 0b1c4357bb21d9770451a1bdb8d419ea10bada88
affected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before 804de0c72cd473e186ca4e1f6287d45431b14e5a
affected

3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b (git) before f4ce24f54d9cca4f09a395f3eecce20d6bec4663
affected

Default status
affected

3.8
affected

Any version before 3.8
unaffected

5.4.243 (semver)
unaffected

5.10.180 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.112 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.29 (semver)
unaffected

6.2.16 (semver)
unaffected

6.3.3 (semver)
unaffected

6.4 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/b4fa4768c9acff77245d672d855d2c88294850b1

git.kernel.org/...c/5f8b55136ad787aed2c184f7cb3e93772ae637a3

git.kernel.org/...c/640c8c365999c6f23447ac766437236ad88317c5

git.kernel.org/...c/665cc3ba50330049524c1d275bc840a8f28dde73

git.kernel.org/...c/0b1c4357bb21d9770451a1bdb8d419ea10bada88

git.kernel.org/...c/804de0c72cd473e186ca4e1f6287d45431b14e5a

git.kernel.org/...c/f4ce24f54d9cca4f09a395f3eecce20d6bec4663

cve.org (CVE-2023-54311)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-54311)

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