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CVE-2026-68460: f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs()

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Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 162d57d8eb8440ad2d90469bf2c116abb04a9d33, 345c1d1ff751104ebdc32c145be80de566c5150f, 44480f7e3f8369671452c0d262831c51aa5a9c20.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 162d57d8eb8440ad2d90469bf2c116abb04a9d33, 345c1d1ff751104ebdc32c145be80de566c5150f, 44480f7e3f8369671452c0d262831c51aa5a9c20 or later.

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Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs() When the f2fs filesystem space is nearly exhausted, we encounter deadlock issues as below: INFO: task A:1890 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:A state:D stack:0 pid:1890 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x00000204 Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 folio_wait_bit+0x20/0x38 folio_wait_writeback+0x54/0xc8 truncate_inode_partial_folio+0x70/0x1e0 truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1b0/0x450 truncate_pagecache+0x54/0x88 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x3e8/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 INFO: task kworker/u8:11:2680853 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/u8:11 state:D stack:0 pid:2680853 tgid:2680853 ppid:2 flags:0x00000208 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:0) Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 __filemap_get_folio+0x214/0x348 pagecache_get_page+0x20/0x70 f2fs_get_read_data_page+0x150/0x3e8 f2fs_get_lock_data_page+0x2c/0x160 move_data_page+0x50/0x478 do_garbage_collect+0xd38/0x1528 f2fs_gc+0x240/0x7e0 f2fs_balance_fs+0x1a0/0x208 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x6e4/0x730 f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x378/0x9b0 f2fs_write_data_pages+0x2e4/0x388 do_writepages+0x8c/0x2c8 __writeback_single_inode+0x4c/0x498 writeback_sb_inodes+0x234/0x4a8 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x58/0x118 wb_writeback+0x2f8/0x3c0 wb_workfn+0x2c4/0x508 process_one_work+0x180/0x408 worker_thread+0x258/0x368 kthread+0x118/0x128 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x200 INFO: task kworker/u8:8:2641297 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/u8:8 state:D stack:0 pid:2641297 tgid:2641297 ppid:2 flags:0x00000208 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-254:0) Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 rt_mutex_schedule+0x30/0x60 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked.constprop.0+0x460/0x8a8 rwbase_write_lock+0x24c/0x378 down_write+0x1c/0x30 f2fs_balance_fs+0x184/0x208 f2fs_write_inode+0xf4/0x328 __writeback_single_inode+0x370/0x498 writeback_sb_inodes+0x234/0x4a8 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x58/0x118 wb_writeback+0x2f8/0x3c0 wb_workfn+0x2c4/0x508 process_one_work+0x180/0x408 worker_thread+0x258/0x368 kthread+0x118/0x128 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 INFO: task B:1902 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:B state:D stack:0 pid:1902 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x0000020c Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 rt_mutex_schedule+0x30/0x60 __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked.constprop.0+0x460/0x8a8 rwbase_write_lock+0x24c/0x378 down_write+0x1c/0x30 f2fs_balance_fs+0x184/0x208 f2fs_map_blocks+0x94c/0x1110 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x228/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 INFO: task sync:2769849 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G ---truncated---

—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 18, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile
CWE
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EPSS
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    • 3.8affected
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before 162d57d8eb8440ad2d90469bf2c116abb04a9d33affected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before f51db99287b5acf81513ece82a0c95eb5db008e3affected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before e273116fbb6dfd7f027c0623e7c5109241be1919affected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before 345c1d1ff751104ebdc32c145be80de566c5150faffected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before 44480f7e3f8369671452c0d262831c51aa5a9c20affected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before 998536c96b6ad9d99cd85dea11452ab83dc7c88daffected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before cf8b5937b7b258927ccca267995e13e76a07b38eaffected · git
    • 351df4b201157351c7d26bf12c3eeb9dbce98854 and later · before dd3114870771562036fdcf5abe813956f36d224daffected · git
    • before 3.8not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.180-16.1.180-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.96-16.12.96-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.5-17.1.5-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68458Aug 15, 2026 · binder: cache secctx size before release zeroes it
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  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68459Aug 15, 2026 · f2fs: fix potential deadlock in gc_merge path of f2fs_balance_fs()
    0Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-68462Aug 15, 2026 · bpf: Reject negative const offsets for buffer pointers
    31Monitor

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux162d57d8eb8440ad2d90469bf2c116abb04a9d33Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux345c1d1ff751104ebdc32c145be80de566c5150fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux44480f7e3f8369671452c0d262831c51aa5a9c20Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux998536c96b6ad9d99cd85dea11452ab83dc7c88dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcf8b5937b7b258927ccca267995e13e76a07b38eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdd3114870771562036fdcf5abe813956f36d224dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe273116fbb6dfd7f027c0623e7c5109241be1919Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf51db99287b5acf81513ece82a0c95eb5db008e3Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.180-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

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