diff --git a/SOURCES/1001-losetup-avoid-infinite-busy-loop.patch b/SOURCES/1001-losetup-avoid-infinite-busy-loop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26fdc77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/1001-losetup-avoid-infinite-busy-loop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+diff -Naur a/sys-utils/losetup.8 b/sys-utils/losetup.8
+--- a/sys-utils/losetup.8	2021-10-20 15:23:28.983136437 -0700
++++ b/sys-utils/losetup.8	2021-10-20 15:23:54.314264432 -0700
+@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@
+ file.
+ .B This setup may be dangerous, can cause data loss, corruption and overwrites.
+ Use \fB\-\-nooverlap\fR with \fB\-\-find\fR during setup to avoid this problem.
++.sp
++The loop device setup is not an atomic operation when used with \fB\-\-find\fP, and
++.B losetup
++does not protect this operation by any lock.  The number of attempts is
++internally restricted to a maximum of 16.  It is recommended to use for example
++.BR flock (1)
++to avoid a collision in heavily parallel use cases.
+ 
+ .SH OPTIONS
+ The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR
+@@ -170,6 +177,11 @@
+ displays the status of a loop device, it returns 1 if the device
+ is not configured and 2 if an error occurred which prevented
+ determining the status of the device.
++.SH NOTES
++Since version 2.37
++.B losetup
++uses LOOP_CONFIGURE ioctl to setup a new loop device by one ioctl call.  The
++old versions use LOOP_SET_FD and LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctls to do the same.
+ 
+ .SH FILES
+ .TP
+diff -Naur a/sys-utils/losetup.c b/sys-utils/losetup.c
+--- a/sys-utils/losetup.c	2021-10-20 15:23:28.902136028 -0700
++++ b/sys-utils/losetup.c	2021-10-20 15:23:54.315264437 -0700
+@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
+ 		       const char *file, uint64_t offset, uint64_t sizelimit)
+ {
+ 	int hasdev = loopcxt_has_device(lc);
+-	int rc = 0;
++	int rc = 0, ntries = 0;
+ 
+ 	/* losetup --find --noverlap file.img */
+ 	if (!hasdev && nooverlap) {
+@@ -556,8 +556,12 @@
+ 		rc = loopcxt_setup_device(lc);
+ 		if (rc == 0)
+ 			break;			/* success */
+-		if (errno == EBUSY && !hasdev)
++
++		if (errno == EBUSY && !hasdev && ntries < 16) {
++			xusleep(200000);
++			ntries++;
+ 			continue;
++		}
+ 
+ 		/* errors */
+ 		errpre = hasdev && loopcxt_get_fd(lc) < 0 ?
diff --git a/SOURCES/1002-losetup-increase-limit-of-setup-attempts.patch b/SOURCES/1002-losetup-increase-limit-of-setup-attempts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f3b02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/1002-losetup-increase-limit-of-setup-attempts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur a/sys-utils/losetup.c b/sys-utils/losetup.c
+--- a/sys-utils/losetup.c	2021-10-20 15:24:27.694433107 -0700
++++ b/sys-utils/losetup.c	2021-10-20 15:28:27.101642814 -0700
+@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
+ 		if (rc == 0)
+ 			break;			/* success */
+ 
+-		if (errno == EBUSY && !hasdev && ntries < 16) {
++		if (errno == EBUSY && !hasdev && ntries < 64) {
+ 			xusleep(200000);
+ 			ntries++;
+ 			continue;
diff --git a/SOURCES/1003-lib-loopdev-perform-retry-on-EAGAIN.patch b/SOURCES/1003-lib-loopdev-perform-retry-on-EAGAIN.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..810d1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/1003-lib-loopdev-perform-retry-on-EAGAIN.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur a/sys-utils/losetup.c b/sys-utils/losetup.c
+--- a/sys-utils/losetup.c	2021-10-20 15:28:49.072753825 -0700
++++ b/sys-utils/losetup.c	2021-10-20 15:29:07.938849143 -0700
+@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
+ 		if (rc == 0)
+ 			break;			/* success */
+ 
+-		if (errno == EBUSY && !hasdev && ntries < 64) {
++		if ((errno == EBUSY || errno == EAGAIN) && !hasdev && ntries < 64) {
+ 			xusleep(200000);
+ 			ntries++;
+ 			continue;
diff --git a/SPECS/util-linux.spec b/SPECS/util-linux.spec
index 9de160e..239e628 100644
--- a/SPECS/util-linux.spec
+++ b/SPECS/util-linux.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Summary: A collection of basic system utilities
 Name: util-linux
 Version: 2.32.1
-Release: 27.3%{?dist}
+Release: 27.4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD with advertising and Public Domain
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ Patch56: 0056-tests-update-sfdisk-resize.patch
 ### Hyperscale (1000-9999)
 ###
 Patch1000: 1000-setpriv-add-reset-env.patch
+Patch1001: 1001-losetup-avoid-infinite-busy-loop.patch
+Patch1002: 1002-losetup-increase-limit-of-setup-attempts.patch
+Patch1003: 1003-lib-loopdev-perform-retry-on-EAGAIN.patch
 
 
 %description
@@ -1080,6 +1083,12 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/libmount/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 20 2021 Davide Cavalca <dcavalca@centosproject.org> 2.32.1-27.4
+- Backport three losetup upstream fixes:
+  https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/3ff6fb802de1efafbd90af228f91461691ac190c
+  https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/75cd5e2f281cec16c7da49b65c0f3cadd51749b8
+  https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/3e03cb680668e4d47286bc7e6ab43e47bb84c989
+
 * Thu Jul 08 2021 Davide Cavalca <dcavalca@centosproject.org> 2.32.1-27.3
 - Rebuild against stock libuser and openldap packages