CVE-2026-46080 | ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid credit exhaustion

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid credit exhaustion During ocfs2 dio operations, JBD2 may report warnings via following call trace: ocfs2_dio_end_io_write ocfs2_mark_extent_written ocfs2_change_extent_flag ocfs2_split_extent ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction ocfs2_extend_trans jbd2__journal_restart start_this_handle output: JBD2: kworker/6:2 wants too many credits credits:5450 rsv_credits:0 max:5449 To prevent exceeding the credits limit, modify ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() to handle extents in a batch of transaction. Additionally, relocate ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(). The orphan inode should only be removed from the orphan list after the extent tree update is complete. This ensures that if a crash occurs in the middle of extent tree updates, we won't leave stale blocks beyond EOF. This patch also changes the logic for updating the inode size and removing orphan, making it similar to ext4_dio_write_end_io(). Both operations are performed only when everything looks good. Finally, thanks to Jans and Joseph for providing the bug fix prototype and suggestions.

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-06-01 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-46080 is rated Low Risk (5.2/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-46080

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 0.02%

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GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-46080

GHSA-8mmh-cvrq-r3x6 · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: split transactions in...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-46080

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-46080 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46080
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46080
suse medium CVE-2026-46080 severity moderate: SUSE including 21 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 169 product×package rows across 33 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, … (33 product lines)): Known Not Affected 169. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46080/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-46080 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 173, needed 135, released 84, pending 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46080

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-46080

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References for CVE-2026-46080

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