Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix infinite loop in nilfs_mdt_get_block() If the disk image that nilfs2 mounts is corrupted and a virtual block address obtained by block lookup for a metadata file is invalid, nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level() may return the same internal return code as -ENOENT, meaning the block does not exist in the metadata file. This duplication of return codes confuses nilfs_mdt_get_block(), causing it to read and create a metadata block indefinitely. In particular, if this happens to the inode metadata file, ifile, semaphore i_rwsem can be left held, causing task hangs in lock_mount. Fix this issue by making nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level() treat virtual block address translation failures with -ENOENT as metadata corruption instead of returning the error code.

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector N/A

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2025-12-09

Updated 2026-06-08

Modified 2026-04-02

Fix URL N/A

Software	From version	Fixed in
kernel	6.3.0	6.3.2
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