{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-89647", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.741Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-11T19:45:38.593Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-11T19:45:38.593Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-11T19:45:38.593Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nceph: do not repeat ceph_trim_dentries() if no progress possible\n\nceph_cap_reclaim_work() re-queues itself for as long as\nceph_trim_dentries() returns -EAGAIN, which happens whenever a lease\nwalk exhausts its `nr_to_scan` budget. This creates a busy loop that\nconsumes CPU without making any progress when there is nothing to\nreclaim: with no cap pressure (`count==0`) and every scanned lease\nstill valid, each pass runs the full scan budget down to zero and\nreturns `-EAGAIN`, only to be queued again immediately.\n\nThe dir-lease walk made this worse. When `expire_dir_lease` is\n`false` (i.e. we have no intention of reclaiming dir leases),\n__dir_lease_check() returned `TOUCH` for every valid lease. `TOUCH`\nmoves the dentry to the tail of the list and resets `di->time` via\n__dentry_dir_lease_touch(), so a walk over N valid leases pointlessly\nrewrote the list, refreshed the timestamps (preventing them from ever\naging out) and always drained `nr_to_scan`, guaranteeing the `-EAGAIN`\nrequeue.\n\nFix this in three steps:\n\n - Return `KEEP` instead of `TOUCH` when `expire_dir_lease` is\n `false`. If we are not going to reclaim the lease, leave it in\n place instead of churning the list and resetting its timestamp; the\n walk then terminates naturally (or via `STOP` at the first fresh\n lease).\n\n - Only return `-EAGAIN` from the first (dentry-lease) walk when something\n was actually freed. A full batch that frees nothing means retrying\n the same list immediately is futile; fall through to the dir-lease\n walk instead.\n\n - After both walks, bail out with success (0) when nothing was freed\n and there is no cap pressure (`count==0`). There is no reason to\n keep retrying when we are not over the cap limit and made no\n progress.\n\nUnder real cap pressure (`count>0`) the reclaim path is unchanged and\nstill retries via `-EAGAIN`.\n\nWithout this patch, I saw 500 ceph_trim_dentries() calls per second on\nour web servers. This is very visible in `/proc/lock_stat` (5 minute\ncapture):\n\n class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg\n\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock: 126180 128218 0.04 8063.44 15986965.20 124.69 1573354 5296812 0.04 8291.28 74164526.48 14.00\n -----------------------\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 111736 [<000000007b11e319>] __ceph_dentry_dir_lease_touch+0x7c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 2631 [<0000000050597999>] __dentry_leases_walk+0x64/0x2c8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 3878 [<00000000c0022f62>] __ceph_dentry_lease_touch+0x5c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 9973 [<000000002f27cb6f>] __dentry_lease_unlist+0x50/0xa0\n -----------------------\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 123621 [<0000000050597999>] __dentry_leases_walk+0x64/0x2c8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 1822 [<000000007b11e319>] __ceph_dentry_dir_lease_touch+0x7c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 2720 [<000000002f27cb6f>] __dentry_lease_unlist+0x50/0xa0\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 55 [<00000000c0022f62>] __ceph_dentry_lease_touch+0x5c/0xa8\n\nWith this patch:\n\n class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg\n\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock: 1203 1215 0.16 408.88 33082.88 27.23 4320501 7357389 0.04 500.64 1961578.00 0.27\n -----------------------\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 1029 [<000000003c9aea8a>] __ceph_dentry_dir_lease_touch+0x7c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 1\n---truncated---"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ceph/dir.c"], "versions": [{"version": "37c4efc1ddf98ba8b234d116d863a9464445901e", "lessThan": "5a541eb401acb89d791da41189d7a79220164b93", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "37c4efc1ddf98ba8b234d116d863a9464445901e", "lessThan": "37d6edb2f03b29399a3a337fae78674de51e1695", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "37c4efc1ddf98ba8b234d116d863a9464445901e", "lessThan": "3d122b2feb1dd76bb5041bdea5e1e1b007d8d415", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "37c4efc1ddf98ba8b234d116d863a9464445901e", "lessThan": "e7d7aa7b730178278109c41fa1b17b06873065d5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ceph/dir.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.1", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.1", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.109", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.50", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3-rc1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.109"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.50"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3-rc1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a541eb401acb89d791da41189d7a79220164b93"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d6edb2f03b29399a3a337fae78674de51e1695"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d122b2feb1dd76bb5041bdea5e1e1b007d8d415"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d7aa7b730178278109c41fa1b17b06873065d5"}], "title": "ceph: do not repeat ceph_trim_dentries() if no progress possible", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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This creates a busy loop that\nconsumes CPU without making any progress when there is nothing to\nreclaim: with no cap pressure (`count==0`) and every scanned lease\nstill valid, each pass runs the full scan budget down to zero and\nreturns `-EAGAIN`, only to be queued again immediately.\n\nThe dir-lease walk made this worse. When `expire_dir_lease` is\n`false` (i.e. we have no intention of reclaiming dir leases),\n__dir_lease_check() returned `TOUCH` for every valid lease. `TOUCH`\nmoves the dentry to the tail of the list and resets `di->time` via\n__dentry_dir_lease_touch(), so a walk over N valid leases pointlessly\nrewrote the list, refreshed the timestamps (preventing them from ever\naging out) and always drained `nr_to_scan`, guaranteeing the `-EAGAIN`\nrequeue.\n\nFix this in three steps:\n\n - Return `KEEP` instead of `TOUCH` when `expire_dir_lease` is\n `false`. If we are not going to reclaim the lease, leave it in\n place instead of churning the list and resetting its timestamp; the\n walk then terminates naturally (or via `STOP` at the first fresh\n lease).\n\n - Only return `-EAGAIN` from the first (dentry-lease) walk when something\n was actually freed. A full batch that frees nothing means retrying\n the same list immediately is futile; fall through to the dir-lease\n walk instead.\n\n - After both walks, bail out with success (0) when nothing was freed\n and there is no cap pressure (`count==0`). There is no reason to\n keep retrying when we are not over the cap limit and made no\n progress.\n\nUnder real cap pressure (`count>0`) the reclaim path is unchanged and\nstill retries via `-EAGAIN`.\n\nWithout this patch, I saw 500 ceph_trim_dentries() calls per second on\nour web servers. This is very visible in `/proc/lock_stat` (5 minute\ncapture):\n\n class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg\n\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock: 126180 128218 0.04 8063.44 15986965.20 124.69 1573354 5296812 0.04 8291.28 74164526.48 14.00\n -----------------------\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 111736 [<000000007b11e319>] __ceph_dentry_dir_lease_touch+0x7c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 2631 [<0000000050597999>] __dentry_leases_walk+0x64/0x2c8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 3878 [<00000000c0022f62>] __ceph_dentry_lease_touch+0x5c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 9973 [<000000002f27cb6f>] __dentry_lease_unlist+0x50/0xa0\n -----------------------\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 123621 [<0000000050597999>] __dentry_leases_walk+0x64/0x2c8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 1822 [<000000007b11e319>] __ceph_dentry_dir_lease_touch+0x7c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 2720 [<000000002f27cb6f>] __dentry_lease_unlist+0x50/0xa0\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 55 [<00000000c0022f62>] __ceph_dentry_lease_touch+0x5c/0xa8\n\nWith this patch:\n\n class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg\n\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock: 1203 1215 0.16 408.88 33082.88 27.23 4320501 7357389 0.04 500.64 1961578.00 0.27\n -----------------------\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 1029 [<000000003c9aea8a>] __ceph_dentry_dir_lease_touch+0x7c/0xa8\n &mdsc->dentry_list_lock 1\n---truncated---"}], "id": "CVE-2026-89647", "lastModified": "2026-09-11T20:19:50.607", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:50.607", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d6edb2f03b29399a3a337fae78674de51e1695"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d122b2feb1dd76bb5041bdea5e1e1b007d8d415"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a541eb401acb89d791da41189d7a79220164b93"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d7aa7b730178278109c41fa1b17b06873065d5"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ceph: Linux kernel Ceph: Excessive CPU utilization due to busy loop in dentry trimming", "id": "2532249", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532249"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.7", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-835", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Ceph file system. The `ceph_trim_dentries()` function, when invoked by `ceph_cap_reclaim_work()`, can enter an infinite loop under specific conditions where no leases need to be reclaimed. This busy loop causes excessive CPU utilization, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for affected systems."], "name": "CVE-2026-89647", "public_date": "2026-09-11T19:45:38Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89647\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89647\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d6edb2f03b29399a3a337fae78674de51e1695\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d122b2feb1dd76bb5041bdea5e1e1b007d8d415\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a541eb401acb89d791da41189d7a79220164b93\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d7aa7b730178278109c41fa1b17b06873065d5"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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