CVE-2021-47637
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2021
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
ubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback Following hung tasks: [ 77.028764] task:kworker/u8:4 state:D stack: 0 pid: 132 [ 77.028820] Call Trace: [ 77.029027] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0 [ 77.029067] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60 [ 77.029074] ubifs_write_inode+0x68/0x1f0 [ubifs] [ 77.029117] __writeback_single_inode+0x43c/0x570 [ 77.029128] writeback_sb_inodes+0x259/0x740 [ 77.029148] wb_writeback+0x107/0x4d0 [ 77.029163] wb_workfn+0x162/0x7b0 [ 92.390442] task:aa state:D stack: 0 pid: 1506 [ 92.390448] Call Trace: [ 92.390458] schedule+0x8c/0x1b0 [ 92.390461] wb_wait_for_completion+0x82/0xd0 [ 92.390469] __writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0xb2/0x110 [ 92.390472] writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x14/0x20 [ 92.390476] ubifs_budget_space+0x705/0xdd0 [ubifs] [ 92.390503] do_rename.cold+0x7f/0x187 [ubifs] [ 92.390549] ubifs_rename+0x8b/0x180 [ubifs] [ 92.390571] vfs_rename+0xdb2/0x1170 [ 92.390580] do_renameat2+0x554/0x770 , are caused by concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback processes: rename_whiteout(Thread 1) wb_workfn(Thread2) ubifs_rename do_rename lock_4_inodes (Hold ui_mutex) ubifs_budget_space make_free_space shrink_liability __writeback_inodes_sb_nr bdi_split_work_to_wbs (Queue new wb work) wb_do_writeback(wb work) __writeback_single_inode ubifs_write_inode LOCK(ui_mutex) ↑ wb_wait_for_completion (Wait wb work) <-- deadlock! Reproducer (Detail program in [Link]): 1. SYS_renameat2("/mp/dir/file", "/mp/dir/whiteout", RENAME_WHITEOUT) 2. Consume out of space before kernel(mdelay) doing budget for whiteout Fix it by doing whiteout space budget before locking ubifs inodes. BTW, it also fixes wrong goto tag 'out_release' in whiteout budget error handling path(It should at least recover dir i_size and unlock 4 ubifs inodes).
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | 9dddc8211430fb851ddf0b168e3a00c6f66cc185 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | 37bdf1ad592555ecda1d55b89f6e393e4c0589d1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | 83e42a78428fc354f5e2049935b84c8d8d29b787 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | c58af8564a7b08757173009030b74baf4b2b762b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | 70e9090acc32348cedc5def0cd6d5c126efc97b9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | 8b278c8dcfb565cb65eceb62a38cbf7a7c326db5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9e0a1fff8db56eaaebb74b4a3ef65f86811c4798 | affected | git | afd427048047e8efdedab30e8888044e2be5aa9c | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.19.238 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.189 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.110 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.33 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 5.16.19 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.16.* | None listed |
| 5.17.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.17.* | None listed |
| 5.18 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |