{"cve":"CVE-2021-47637","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T06:37:05.477","modified":"2026-06-17T04:18:12.670","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback\n\nFollowing hung tasks:\n[   77.028764] task:kworker/u8:4    state:D stack:    0 pid:  132\n[   77.028820] Call Trace:\n[   77.029027]  schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[   77.029067]  mutex_lock+0x50/0x60\n[   77.029074]  ubifs_write_inode+0x68/0x1f0 [ubifs]\n[   77.029117]  __writeback_single_inode+0x43c/0x570\n[   77.029128]  writeback_sb_inodes+0x259/0x740\n[   77.029148]  wb_writeback+0x107/0x4d0\n[   77.029163]  wb_workfn+0x162/0x7b0\n\n[   92.390442] task:aa              state:D stack:    0 pid: 1506\n[   92.390448] Call Trace:\n[   92.390458]  schedule+0x8c/0x1b0\n[   92.390461]  wb_wait_for_completion+0x82/0xd0\n[   92.390469]  __writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0xb2/0x110\n[   92.390472]  writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x14/0x20\n[   92.390476]  ubifs_budget_space+0x705/0xdd0 [ubifs]\n[   92.390503]  do_rename.cold+0x7f/0x187 [ubifs]\n[   92.390549]  ubifs_rename+0x8b/0x180 [ubifs]\n[   92.390571]  vfs_rename+0xdb2/0x1170\n[   92.390580]  do_renameat2+0x554/0x770\n\n, are caused by concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback processes:\n\trename_whiteout(Thread 1)\t        wb_workfn(Thread2)\nubifs_rename\n  do_rename\n    lock_4_inodes (Hold ui_mutex)\n    ubifs_budget_space\n      make_free_space\n        shrink_liability\n\t  __writeback_inodes_sb_nr\n\t    bdi_split_work_to_wbs (Queue new wb work)\n\t\t\t\t\t      wb_do_writeback(wb work)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t__writeback_single_inode\n\t\t\t\t\t          ubifs_write_inode\n\t\t\t\t\t            LOCK(ui_mutex)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   ↑\n\t      wb_wait_for_completion (Wait wb work) <-- deadlock!\n\nReproducer (Detail program in [Link]):\n  1. SYS_renameat2(\"/mp/dir/file\", \"/mp/dir/whiteout\", RENAME_WHITEOUT)\n  2. Consume out of space before kernel(mdelay) doing budget for whiteout\n\nFix it by doing whiteout space budget before locking ubifs inodes.\nBTW, it also fixes wrong goto tag 'out_release' in whiteout budget\nerror handling path(It should at least recover dir i_size and unlock\n4 ubifs inodes).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37bdf1ad592555ecda1d55b89f6e393e4c0589d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e9090acc32348cedc5def0cd6d5c126efc97b9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e42a78428fc354f5e2049935b84c8d8d29b787","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b278c8dcfb565cb65eceb62a38cbf7a7c326db5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dddc8211430fb851ddf0b168e3a00c6f66cc185"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47637","score":0.00193,"percentile":0.08958,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}