CVE-2026-68460: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs() When the f2fs filesystem space is nearly

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs() When the f2fs filesystem space is nearly

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs() When the f2fs filesystem space is nearly exhausted, we encounter deadlock issues as below: INFO: task A:1890 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O 6.12.41-g3fe07ddf05ab #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:A state:D stack:0 pid:1890 tgid:1626 ppid:1153 flags:0x00000204 Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x158 __schedule+0x27c/0x908 schedule+0x3c/0x118 io_schedule+0x44/0x68 folio_wait_bit_common+0x174/0x370 folio_wait_bit+0x20/0x38 folio_wait_writeback+0x54/0xc8 truncate_inode_partial_folio+0x70/0x1e0 truncate_inode_pages_range+0x1b0/0x450 truncate_pagecache+0x54/0x88 f2fs_file_write_iter+0x3e8/0xb80 do_iter_readv_writev+0xf0/0x1e0 vfs_writev+0x138/0x2c8 do_writev+0x88/0x130 __arm64_sys_writev+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x30/0xf8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 INFO: task kworker/u8:11:2680853 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Tainted: G O

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.22%, higher than 12% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 2, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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