Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52668btrfs: zoned: fix lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.6.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52668
Debian:14linux6.6.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a7e1ac7bdc5af91af2d52e6269fdbd92fe9ee353 – before 6f74989f5909cdec9b1274641f0fa306b15bb476a7e1ac7bdc5af91af2d52e6269fdbd92fe9ee353 – before 1908e9d01e5395adff68d9d308a0fb15337e6272a7e1ac7bdc5af91af2d52e6269fdbd92fe9ee353 – before b18f3b60b35a8c01c9a2a0f0d6424c6d73971dc3
Linux Linux 6.6

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