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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-93268"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-24T15:52:07.310Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:08:22.372Z"
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-2026-93268"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-93268.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93268"
title: "ext4: skip extra isize expansion during mount to prevent deadlock"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: skip extra isize expansion during mount to prevent deadlock\n\next4_try_to_expand_extra_isize() is called from __ext4_mark_inode_dirty()\nwhile holding an active jbd2 handle.  During mount (!SB_ACTIVE), the\nexpand path may move xattrs to external blocks and release ea_inodes via\niput().  When !SB_ACTIVE, iput() calls write_inode_now() which acquires\ns_writepages_rwsem, creating a circular lock dependency:\n\n  s_writepages_rwsem --\u003e jbd2_handle --\u003e xattr_sem --\u003e s_writepages_rwsem\n\nThis can be triggered via:\n\n  ext4_process_orphan() -\u003e ext4_truncate() -\u003e ext4_mark_inode_dirty()\n    -\u003e ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize()\n\nor:\n\n  ext4_evict_inode() -\u003e ext4_mark_inode_dirty()\n    -\u003e ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize()\n\nSkip expansion when !SB_ACTIVE.  This is a minor loss of functionality\n(extra isize won't grow for these inodes during mount), which e2fsck\ncan resolve later if needed."
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