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Se a\u00f1ade el indicador PF_KCOMPACTD y el asistente current_is_kcompactd() para comprobarlo, de modo que nfs_release_folio() pueda omitir la llamada a nfs_wb_folio() desde kcompactd. De lo contrario, NFS puede bloquearse a la espera de la reescritura inducida por kcompactd, que recurre a NFS (lo que activa la reescritura en NFSD mediante el montaje de bucle invertido de NFS en el mismo host; NFSD se bloquea a la espera de la llamada de XFS a __filemap_get_folio): 6070.550357] INFORMACI\u00d3N: la tarea kcompactd0:58 ha estado bloqueada durante m\u00e1s de 4435 segundos. {--- [58] \"kcompactd0\" [&lt;0&gt;] folio_wait_bit+0xe8/0x200 [&lt;0&gt;] folio_wait_writeback+0x2b/0x80 [&lt;0&gt;] nfs_wb_folio+0x80/0x1b0 [nfs] [&lt;0&gt;] nfs_release_folio+0x68/0x130 [nfs] [&lt;0&gt;] split_huge_page_to_list_to_order+0x362/0x840 [&lt;0&gt;] migrate_pages_batch+0x43d/0xb90 [&lt;0&gt;] migrate_pages_sync+0x9a/0x240 [&lt;0&gt;] migrate_pages+0x93c/0x9f0 [&lt;0&gt;] compact_zone+0x8e2/0x1030 [&lt;0&gt;] compact_node+0xdb/0x120 [&lt;0&gt;] kcompactd+0x121/0x2e0 [&lt;0&gt;] kthread+0xcf/0x100 [&lt;0&gt;] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x40 [&lt;0&gt;] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 ---} [akpm@linux-foundation.org: correcci\u00f3n de compilaci\u00f3n]"}], "id": "CVE-2025-21908", "lastModified": "2025-04-15T16:59:27.297", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-04-01T16:15:21.323", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ae31c54cff745832b9bd5b32e71f3d1b607cd1e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8253ff29edcb429a9a6c75710941c6a16a9a34b1"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab0727d6e2196682351c25c1dd112136f6991f11"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce6d9c1c2b5cc785016faa11b48b6cd317eb367e"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-667"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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