# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-89566"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-11T19:44:36.599Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:47:53.628Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:35.090Z"
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-2026-89566"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89566.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89566"
title: "jbd2: check need_resched() when skipping busy checkpoint buffers"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\njbd2: check need_resched() when skipping busy checkpoint buffers\n\njournal_shrink_one_cp_list() skips busy checkpoint buffers when called\nwith JBD2_SHRINK_BUSY_SKIP.  The continue statement on this path also\nskips the need_resched() check at the end of the loop body.\n\nConsequently, when a checkpoint list contains mostly busy buffers, the\nshrinker can walk the entire list while holding journal-\u003ej_list_lock,\neven when a reschedule has been requested.  Large checkpoint lists under\nmemory pressure can therefore cause long lock hold times and leave other\nCPUs spinning on j_list_lock, resulting in soft lockups or RCU stalls.\n\nRoute the busy-buffer path through the need_resched() check so that the\nshrinker can release j_list_lock and reschedule promptly, restoring\nparity with the clean-buffer path, which already checks need_resched().\nThis does not change which checkpoint buffers are eligible for removal."
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