CVE-2026-46256

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS/localio: prevent direct reclaim recursion into NFS via nfs_writepages LOCALIO is an NFS loopback mount optimization that avoids using the network for READ, WRITE and COMMIT if the NFS client and server are determined to be on the same system. But because LOCALIO is still fundamentally "just NFS loopback mount" it is susceptible to recursion deadlock via direct reclaim, e.g.: NFS LOCALIO down to XFS and then back into NFS via nfs_writepages. Fix LOCALIO's potential for direct reclaim deadlock by ensuring that all its page cache allocations are done from GFP_NOFS context. Thanks to Ben Coddington for pointing out commit ad22c7a043c2 ("xfs: prevent stack overflows from page cache allocation").
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

09 Jun 2026, 20:10

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-667
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67435d2d8a33a75f9647724952cb1b18279d2e95 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67435d2d8a33a75f9647724952cb1b18279d2e95 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5de0c4fc0f217eea945d3d72c34ee30d72cbc9 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5de0c4fc0f217eea945d3d72c34ee30d72cbc9 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae26a4cf2baf0a44c538dc093504d1994b02dade - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae26a4cf2baf0a44c538dc093504d1994b02dade - Patch
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

03 Jun 2026, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-03 18:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:53


NVD link : CVE-2026-46256

Mitre link : CVE-2026-46256

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46256


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-667

Improper Locking