Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "fs/ntfs3: Replace inode_trylock with inode_lock" This reverts commit 69505fe98f198ee813898cbcaf6770949636430b. Initially, conditional lock acquisition was removed to fix an xfstest bug that was observed during internal testing. The deadlock reported by syzbot is resolved by reintroducing conditional acquisition. The xfstest bug no longer occurs on kernel version 6.16-rc1 during internal testing. I assume that changes in other modules may have contributed to this.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel; debian: debian linux
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1903a6c1f2818154f6bc87bceaaecafa92b6ac5c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce6f83ca9d52c9245b7a017466fc4baa1241b0b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a49f0abd8959048af18c6c690b065eb0d65b2d21 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a936be9b5f51c4d23f66fb673e9068c6b08104a4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b356ee013a79e7e3147bfe065de376706c5d2ee9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd20733746263acaaf2a21881665db27ee4303d5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bec8109f957a6e193e52d1728799994c8005ca83 Patch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 8 November 2026
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