CVE-2026-46061
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jbd2: fix deadlock in jbd2_journal_cancel_revoke() Commit f76d4c28a46a ("fs/jbd2: use sleeping version of __find_get_block()") changed jbd2_journal_cancel_revoke() to use __find_get_block_nonatomic() which holds the folio lock instead of i_private_lock. This breaks the lock ordering (folio -> buffer) and causes an ABBA deadlock when the filesystem blocksize < pagesize: T1 T2 ext4_mkdir() ext4_init_new_dir() ext4_append() ext4_getblk() lock_buffer() <- A sync_blockdev() blkdev_writepages() writeback_iter() writeback_get_folio() folio_lock() <- B ext4_journal_get_create_access() jbd2_journal_cancel_revoke() __find_get_block_nonatomic() folio_lock() <- B block_write_full_folio() lock_buffer() <- A This can occasionally cause generic/013 to hang. Fix by only calling __find_get_block_nonatomic() when the passed buffer_head doesn't belong to the bdev, which is the only case that we need to look up its bdev alias. Otherwise, the lookup is redundant since the found buffer_head is equal to the one we passed in.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.12.31,
6.14.9,
6.15
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.12.86,
6.18.27,
7.0.4,
7.1-rc1
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2026-46061 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b2fee890250ab647a601124471a334bb01a0790
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/981fcc5674e67158d24d23e841523eccba19d0e7
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbd943d6a2d566428324b516a37f98328dfb802d
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2026-46061?
CVE-2026-46061 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.12.31 onward and has been patched in 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4 and others. CVE-2026-46061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-46061?
Yes — CVE-2026-46061 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12.31 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2026-46061 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2026-46061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.