CVE-2023-52668

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Improper Locking in btrfs_zone_activate

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.6.15 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.3 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux a7e1ac7bdc5af91af2d52e6269fdbd92fe9ee353 - 1908e9d01e5395adff68d9d308a0fb15337e6272
Linux/Linux a7e1ac7bdc5af91af2d52e6269fdbd92fe9ee353 - 6f74989f5909cdec9b1274641f0fa306b15bb476
Linux/Linux a7e1ac7bdc5af91af2d52e6269fdbd92fe9ee353 - b18f3b60b35a8c01c9a2a0f0d6424c6d73971dc3
linux/linux_kernel 6.8 rc1
linux/linux_kernel 6.6 - 6.6.15
Published May 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026