In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs: quota: create dedicated workqueue for quota_release_work

There is a kernel panic due to WARN_ONCE when panic_on_warn is set.

This issue occurs when writeback is triggered due to sync call for an
opened file(ie, writeback reason is WB_REASON_SYNC). When f2fs balance
is needed at sync path, flush for quota_release_work is triggered.
By default quota_release_work is queued to "events_unbound" queue which
does not have WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag. During f2fs balance "writeback"
workqueue tries to flush quota_release_work causing kernel panic due to
MEM_RECLAIM flag mismatch errors.

This patch creates dedicated workqueue with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag
for work quota_release_work.

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 14867 at kernel/workqueue.c:3721 check_flush_dependency+0x13c/0x148
Call trace:
check_flush_dependency+0x13c/0x148
__flush_work+0xd0/0x398
flush_delayed_work+0x44/0x5c
dquot_writeback_dquots+0x54/0x318
f2fs_do_quota_sync+0xb8/0x1a8
f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x3cc/0x99c
f2fs_gc+0x190/0x750
f2fs_balance_fs+0x110/0x168
f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x474/0x7dc
f2fs_write_data_pages+0x7d0/0xd0c
do_writepages+0xe0/0x2f4
__writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x4ac
writeback_sb_inodes+0x30c/0x538
wb_writeback+0xf4/0x440
wb_workfn+0x128/0x5d4
process_scheduled_works+0x1c4/0x45c
worker_thread+0x32c/0x3e8
kthread+0x11c/0x1b0
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ...
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: quota: create dedicated workqueue for quota_release_work There is a kernel panic due to WARN_ONCE when panic_on_warn is set. This issue occurs when writeback is triggered due to sync call for an opened file(ie, writeback reason is WB_REASON_SYNC). When f2fs balance is needed at sync path, flush for quota_release_work is triggered. By default quota_release_work is queued to "events_unbound" queue which does not have WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag. During f2fs balance "writeback" workqueue tries to flush quota_release_work causing kernel panic due to MEM_RECLAIM flag mismatch errors. This patch creates dedicated workqueue with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for work quota_release_work. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 14867 at kernel/workqueue.c:3721 check_flush_dependency+0x13c/0x148 Call trace: check_flush_dependency+0x13c/0x148 __flush_work+0xd0/0x398 flush_delayed_work+0x44/0x5c dquot_writeback_dquots+0x54/0x318 f2fs_do_quota_sync+0xb8/0x1a8 f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x3cc/0x99c f2fs_gc+0x190/0x750 f2fs_balance_fs+0x110/0x168 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x474/0x7dc f2fs_write_data_pages+0x7d0/0xd0c do_writepages+0xe0/0x2f4 __writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x4ac writeback_sb_inodes+0x30c/0x538 wb_writeback+0xf4/0x440 wb_workfn+0x128/0x5d4 process_scheduled_works+0x1c4/0x45c worker_thread+0x32c/0x3e8 kthread+0x11c/0x1b0 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ...
Title fs: quota: create dedicated workqueue for quota_release_work
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-12T21:56:32.578Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.178Z

Link: CVE-2025-40196

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-12T22:15:46.673

Modified: 2025-11-14T16:42:30.503

Link: CVE-2025-40196

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40196 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-11-13T09:52:15Z