linux-kernel - Re: [Bug] possible deadlock in vfs

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Message-ID: <20250604-alluring-resourceful-salamander-6561ff@lemur>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 10:45:49 -0400
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Luka <luka.2016.cs@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug] possible deadlock in vfs_rmdir in Linux kernel v6.12

On Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 09:45:23AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Konstantin, this looks actively malicious.
> Can we do something about this list-wise?

Malicious in what sense? Is it just junk, or is it attempting to have
maintainers perform some potentially dangerous operation?

-K