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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-43127"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-06T11:27:16.794Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:40:09.954Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:08.712Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43127"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43127.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43127"
title: "ntfs3: fix circular locking dependency in run_unpack_ex"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs3: fix circular locking dependency in run_unpack_ex\n\nSyzbot reported a circular locking dependency between wnd-\u003erw_lock\n(sbi-\u003eused.bitmap) and ni-\u003efile.run_lock.\n\nThe deadlock scenario:\n1. ntfs_extend_mft() takes ni-\u003efile.run_lock then wnd-\u003erw_lock.\n2. run_unpack_ex() takes wnd-\u003erw_lock then tries to acquire\n   ni-\u003efile.run_lock inside ntfs_refresh_zone().\n\nThis creates an AB-BA deadlock.\n\nFix this by using down_read_trylock() instead of down_read() when\nacquiring run_lock in run_unpack_ex(). If the lock is contended,\nskip ntfs_refresh_zone() - the MFT zone will be refreshed on the\nnext MFT operation. This breaks the circular dependency since we\nnever block waiting for run_lock while holding wnd-\u003erw_lock."
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