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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64378" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-25T08:50:29.006Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:38:25.561Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-64378" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64378.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64378" title: "writeback: fix race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and inode_switch_wbs()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwriteback: fix race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and inode_switch_wbs()\n\nWhen a container exits, the following BUG_ON() is occasionally triggered:\n\n==================================================================\n VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of sdb (ext4)\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n kernel BUG at fs/super.c:695!\n CPU: 3 PID: 6 Comm: containerd-shim Tainted: G OE K 6.6 #1\n pstate: 63400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : generic_shutdown_super+0xf0/0x100\n lr : generic_shutdown_super+0xf0/0x100\n Call trace:\n generic_shutdown_super+0xf0/0x100\n kill_block_super+0x20/0x48\n ext4_kill_sb+0x28/0x60\n deactivate_locked_super+0x54/0x130\n deactivate_super+0x84/0xa0\n cleanup_mnt+0xa4/0x140\n __cleanup_mnt+0x18/0x28\n task_work_run+0x78/0xe0\n do_notify_resume+0x204/0x240\n==================================================================\n\nThe root cause is a race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and\ninode_switch_wbs()/cleanup_offline_cgwb(). There is a window between\ninode_prepare_wbs_switch() returning true and the subsequent\nwb_queue_isw() call. Following is the process that triggers the issue:\n\n CPU A (umount) | CPU B (writeback)\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n inode_switch_wbs/cleanup_offline_cgwb\n atomic_inc(&isw_nr_in_flight)\n inode_prepare_wbs_switch\n -\u003e passes SB_ACTIVE check\n __iget(inode)\n generic_shutdown_super\n sb-\u003es_flags &= ~SB_ACTIVE\n cgroup_writeback_umount(sb)\n smp_mb()\n atomic_read(&isw_nr_in_flight)\n rcu_barrier()\n -\u003e no pending RCU callbacks\n flush_workqueue(isw_wq)\n -\u003e nothing queued, returns\n evict_inodes(sb)\n -\u003e Inode skipped as isw still holds a ref.\n sop-\u003eput_super(sb)\n /* destroys percpu counters */\n -\u003e VFS: Busy inodes after unmount!\n wb_queue_isw()\n queue_work(isw_wq, ...)\n /* later in work function */\n inode_switch_wbs_work_fn\n process_inode_switch_wbs\n iput() -\u003e evict\n percpu_counter_dec() // UAF!\n\nFix this by extending the RCU read-side critical section in\ninode_switch_wbs() and cleanup_offline_cgwb() to cover from\ninode_prepare_wbs_switch() through wb_queue_isw(). Since there is\nno sleep in this window, rcu_read_lock() can be used. Then add a\nsynchronize_rcu() in cgroup_writeback_umount() before the existing\nrcu_barrier(), so that all in-flight switchers that have passed the\nSB_ACTIVE check have completed queue_work() before flush_workqueue()\nis called.\n\nThe existing rcu_barrier() is intentionally retained so this fix can\nbe backported unchanged to stable kernels (5.10.y, 6.6.y, ...) that\nstill queue switches via queue_rcu_work(). It is a no-op on current\nmainline (since commit e1b849cfa6b6 (\"writeback: Avoid contention on\nwb-\u003elist_lock when switching inodes\")) and is removed in a follow-up\npatch." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"087d5b8b501c570f84bf655164e6698c3ce146e0"},{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3c9c9648f77e4d14e50676bc51c2174ba9c8d361"},{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5c3265f3252b2ee50707adaaa3f9bd0df3df72de"},{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c923cc3cb5cd8945ceaf08252754110643446593"},{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"685fc15a410885b6d4dee64de0dce721b9428b12"},{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"53eeaf4d63068dbc7708b0c7adb20151c812feca"},{"version":"a1a0e23e49037c23ea84bc8cc146a03584d13577","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cba38ec4cbd3a7b8b942a8d52531a05be8a9ff0d"},{"version":"c5cbbec54fe71c4de2d34f8c0ec8fbfdd7f17339","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.4.5","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.5"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.96","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.39","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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