CVE-2026-31598

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A deadlock can occur in the ocfs2 module due to an ABBA lock ordering violation between the ocfs2 unlink() and ocfs2 dio end io write() functions. The ocfs2 unlink() function acquires the orphan directory inode lock followed by ip alloc sem, whereas ocfs2 dio end io write() acquires these locks in the reverse order. This conflict happens between the lock classes ocfs2 sysfile lock key[ORPHAN DIR SYSTEM INODE] and ocfs2 file ip alloc sem key.

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