From a37010a825ceda8bc473400796bc8bf7a7872a0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Srigovind Nayak <5201843+konidev20@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 18:06:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update changelog for issue 5234

---
 changelog/unreleased/issue-5234 | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/issue-5234

diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5234 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5234
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1374efdfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5234
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Bugfix: Prevent mounting over the repository directory
+
+Using a local repository directory as the `mount` target — or a path
+that contains it, or that it contains — caused the FUSE server to
+read its own backend files through the new mount, deadlocking the
+kernel and requiring a long reboot to recover.
+
+Restic now resolves both paths and refuses any such overlap with a
+clear error before mounting.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5234
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5348