A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.26/5.16.12. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function __writeback_inodes_sb_nr of the file fs/fs-writeback.c. The manipulation leads to deadlock.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-48920. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.