CVE-2026-90420

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix infinite loop in nilfs_clean_segments() syzbot reported a hung task in nilfs_transaction_begin(). This occurs because the cleaner ioctl falls into an infinite loop if nilfs_segctor_construct() repeatedly returns -EROFS (e.g. the device is remounted as read-only after an I/O error). Currently in nilfs_clean_segments(), if err is non-zero, it logs the error and sleeps but doesn't abort when it encounters a terminal error like -EROFS. This causes the thread to loop forever. Fix this by breaking out of the loop if nilfs_segctor_construct() returns -EROFS. This matches the behaviour in nilfs_segctor_write_out(), which also handles -EROFS.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc6df85b4954b6fda9c351843aaca3c06f66d8d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217b967ad7887a3e1ebc08f46f6484e081acd4b4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bcdbdaac884a4baa59716cf9bd9470c75276e2d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cea0bc78ac64cb88da49c07f80bf2cf9fb7aff8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c07e5ad6539e7e9350d5c65cbf8adb69d1711b15
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce5a5ad1a8330a2fcfdd9ec2ab341be739e89a18
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7afca8e4efbf4c455b4663c29ae59fde2f1b671
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e9367dae1a6392cbb14ab0b2ab5edbf39735c3

Configurations

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History

17 Sep 2026, 17:17

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Information

Published : 2026-09-17 17:17

Updated : 2026-09-17 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-90420

Mitre link : CVE-2026-90420

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-90420

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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