CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80720

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.34%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in iomap was fixed that caused a deadlock. iomap_split_ioend can split bios that already come from iomap_ioend_bioset and thus deadlock when the bioset is exhausted. The fix adds a separate bio_set to avoid this deadlock. Additionally, iomap_ioend_split_bioset is marked static as it is only used in ioend.c, fixing the sparse warning reported by the kernel test robot.

Risk Assessment

Deadlock can lead to system hang or crash, potentially affecting service availability.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing this fix. Monitor systems for signs of deadlocks in I/O operations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iomap: add a separate bio_set for iomap_split_ioend iomap_split_ioend can split bios that already come from iomap_ioend_bioset and thus deadlock when the bioset is exhausted. Add a separate bio_set to avoid this deadlock. Christian Brauner <[email protected]> says: Mark iomap_ioend_split_bioset static as it is only used in ioend.c, fixing the sparse warning reported by the kernel test robot.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS