CVE-2026-89567

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jbd2: bound shrinker scans by examined checkpoint buffers The jbd2 shrinker currently accounts only checkpoint buffers that it successfully releases against nr_to_scan. Busy buffers therefore do not consume the scan budget. If a checkpoint transaction contains mostly busy buffers, the shrinker can scan its entire checkpoint list while holding journal->j_list_lock. Large checkpoint lists can result in excessive lock hold times and leave other CPUs spinning on j_list_lock, causing soft lockups or RCU stalls. Pass nr_to_scan into journal_shrink_one_cp_list() and decrement it for every buffer examined, including busy buffers. Pass NULL from checkpoint cleanup paths so their existing full-list behavior is preserved. This restores the scan-budget semantics that existed before journal_shrink_one_cp_list() was changed to always scan a complete checkpoint list.

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15cb16496446b94e67f7abcb049b8e2c75cd3d02
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71c6b872c746465fa4b5def239cb296173ca8216
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2c0fb364685b8996c357d3b050394959b29d6e0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf5fcd0469b7467bd5b37a79502c8d9c3257dbb

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-09-11 20:19

Updated : 2026-09-11 20:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-89567

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89567

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89567

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CWE

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