CVE-2023-52668

btrfs: zoned: fix lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate()

published May 17, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: zoned: fix lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate()

The btrfs CI reported a lockdep warning as follows by running generic

generic/129.

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected

6.7.0-rc5+ #1 Not tainted

------------------------------------------------------

kworker/u5:5/793427 is trying to acquire lock:

ffff88813256d028 (&cache->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg+0x5e/0x130

but task is already holding lock:

ffff88810a23a318 (&fs_info->zone_active_bgs_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg+0x34/0x130

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&fs_info->zone_active_bgs_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}:

...

-> #0 (&cache->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}:

...

This is because we take fs_info->zone_active_bgs_lock after a block_group's

lock in btrfs_zone_activate() while doing the opposite in other places.

Fix the issue by expanding the fs_info->zone_active_bgs_lock's critical

section and taking it before a block_group's lock.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.7th percentile
Published
2024-05-17T14:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 14:01Z
    btrfs: zoned: fix lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate()
    cvelistv5