In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs()
When the f2fs filesystem space is nearly exhausted, we encounter deadlock issues as below:
INFO: task A:1890 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:A state:D stack:0 pid:1890 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x00000204 Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 folio_wait_bit+0x20/0x38 folio_wait_writeback+0x54/0xc8 truncate_inode_partial_folio+0x70/0x1e0 truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1b0/0x450 truncate_pagecache+0x54/0x88 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x3e8/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198
INFO: task kworker/u8:11:2680853 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/u8:11 state:D stack:0 pid:2680853 tgid:2680853 ppid:2 flags:0x00000208 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:0) Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 __filemap_get_folio+0x214/0x348 pagecache_get_page+0x20/0x70 f2fs_get_read_data_page+0x150/0x3e8 f2fs_get_lock_data_page+0x2c/0x160 move_data_page+0x50/0x478 do_garbage_collect+0xd38/0x1528 f2fs_gc+0x240/0x7e0 f2fs_balance_fs+0x1a0/0x208 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x6e4/0x730 f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x378/0x9b0 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x2e4/0x388 do_writepages+0x8c/0x2c8 __writeback_single_inode+0x4c/0x498 writeback_sb_inodes+0x234/0x4a8 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x58/0x118 wb_writeback+0x2f8/0x3c0 wb_workfn+0x2c4/0x508 process_one_work+0x180/0x408 worker_thread+0x258/0x368 kthread+0x118/0x128 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x200
INFO: task kworker/u8:8:2641297 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/u8:8 state:D stack:0 pid:2641297 tgid:2641297 ppid:2 flags:0x00000208 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:0) Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 rt_mutex_schedule+0x30/0x60 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked.constprop.0+0x460/0x8a8 rwbase_write_lock+0x24c/0x378 down_write+0x1c/0x30 f2fs_balance_fs+0x184/0x208 f2fs_write_inode+0xf4/0x328 __writeback_single_inode+0x370/0x498 writeback_sb_inodes+0x234/0x4a8 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x58/0x118 wb_writeback+0x2f8/0x3c0 wb_workfn+0x2c4/0x508 process_one_work+0x180/0x408 worker_thread+0x258/0x368 kthread+0x118/0x128 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
INFO: task B:1902 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:B state:D stack:0 pid:1902 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x0000020c Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 rt_mutex_schedule+0x30/0x60 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked.constprop.0+0x460/0x8a8 rwbase_write_lock+0x24c/0x378 down_write+0x1c/0x30 f2fs_balance_fs+0x184/0x208 f2fs_map_blocks+0x94c/0x1110 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x228/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198
INFO: task sync:2769849 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G ---truncated---
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Aug 16, 2026 | Aug 16, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gkeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-7.0 | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 25, 2026 | Aug 15, 2026 |
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