From: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@xxxxxxxxx> It turns out that there is one use case for programs being able to write to swap devices, and that is the userspace hibernation code. Quick fix: disable the S_SWAPFILE check if hibernation is configured. Fixes: dc617f29dbe5 ("vfs: don't allow writes to swap files") Reported-by: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Marian Klein <mkleinsoft@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@xxxxxxxxx> v2: - use hibernation_available() instead of IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIBERNATE) - make Fixes: point to the right commit --- fs/block_dev.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: b/fs/block_dev.c =================================================================== --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h> #include <linux/falloc.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/suspend.h> #include "internal.h" struct bdev_inode { @@ -2001,7 +2002,8 @@ ssize_t blkdev_write_iter(struct kiocb * if (bdev_read_only(I_BDEV(bd_inode))) return -EPERM; - if (IS_SWAPFILE(bd_inode)) + /* uswsusp needs write permission to the swap */ + if (IS_SWAPFILE(bd_inode) && !hibernation_available()) return -ETXTBSY; if (!iov_iter_count(from))