CVE: CVE-2022-49079
Published: 2025-02-26
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: zoned: traverse devices under chunk_mutex in btrfs_can_activate_zone

btrfs_can_activate_zone() can be called with the device_list_mutex already
held, which will lead to a deadlock:

insert_dev_extents() // Takes device_list_mutex
`-> insert_dev_extent()
 `-> btrfs_insert_empty_item()
  `-> btrfs_insert_empty_items()
   `-> btrfs_search_slot()
    `-> btrfs_cow_block()
     `-> __btrfs_cow_block()
      `-> btrfs_alloc_tree_block()
       `-> btrfs_reserve_extent()
        `-> find_free_extent()
         `-> find_free_extent_update_loop()
          `-> can_allocate_chunk()
           `-> btrfs_can_activate_zone() // Takes device_list_mutex again

Instead of using the RCU on fs_devices->device_list we
can use fs_devices->alloc_list, protected by the chunk_mutex to traverse
the list of active devices.

We are in the chunk allocation thread. The newer chunk allocation
happens from the devices in the fs_device->alloc_list protected by the
chunk_mutex.

  btrfs_create_chunk()
    lockdep_assert_held(&info->chunk_mutex);
    gather_device_info
      list_for_each_entry(device, &fs_devices->alloc_list, dev_alloc_list)

Also, a device that reappears after the mount won't join the alloc_list
yet and, it will be in the dev_list, which we don't want to consider in
the context of the chunk alloc.

  [15.166572] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
  [15.167117] 5.17.0-rc6-dennis #79 Not tainted
  [15.167487] --------------------------------------------
  [15.167733] kworker/u8:3/146 is trying to acquire lock:
  [15.167733] ffff888102962ee0 (&fs_devs->device_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]
  [15.167733]
  [15.167733] but task is already holding lock:
  [15.167733] ffff888102962ee0 (&fs_devs->device_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x20a/0x560 [btrfs]
  [15.167733]
  [15.167733] other info that might help us debug this:
  [15.167733]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
  [15.167733]
  [15.171834]        CPU0
  [15.171834]        ----
  [15.171834]   lock(&fs_devs->device_list_mutex);
  [15.171834]   lock(&fs_devs->device_list_mutex);
  [15.171834]
  [15.171834]  *** DEADLOCK ***
  [15.171834]
  [15.171834]  May be due to missing lock nesting notation
  [15.171834]
  [15.171834] 5 locks held by kworker/u8:3/146:
  [15.171834]  #0: ffff[PII_REDACTED]38 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1c3/0x5a0
  [15.171834]  #1: ffffc9000067be80 ((work_completion)(&fs_info->async_data_reclaim_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1c3/0x5a0
  [15.176244]  #2: ffff88810521e620 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: flush_space+0x335/0x600 [btrfs]
  [15.176244]  #3: ffff888102962ee0 (&fs_devs->device_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x20a/0x560 [btrfs]
  [15.176244]  #4: ffff8881152e4b78 (btrfs-dev-00){++++}-{3:3}, at: __btrfs_tree_lock+0x27/0x130 [btrfs]
  [15.179641]
  [15.179641] stack backtrace:
  [15.179641] CPU: 1 PID: 146 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6-dennis #79
  [15.179641] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1.fc35 04/01/2014
  [15.179641] Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_data_space [btrfs]
  [15.179641] Call Trace:
  [15.179641]  <TASK>
  [15.179641]  dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59
  [15.179641]  __lock_acquire.cold+0x217/0x2b2
  [15.179641]  lock_acquire+0xbf/0x2b0
  [15.183838]  ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]
  [15.183838]  __mutex_lock+0x8e/0x970
  [15.183838]  ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]
  [15.183838]  ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]
  [15.183838]  ? lock_is_held_type+0xd7/0x130
  [15.183838]  ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]
  [15.183838]  find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]
  [15.183838]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x24/0x40
  [15.183838]  ? btrfs_get_alloc_profile+0x106/0x230 [btrfs]
  [15.187601]  btrfs_reserve_extent+0x131/0x260 [btrfs]
  [15.
---truncated---
CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CWE: CWE-667
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09e65ae515af2b24d6dc23af21719a3b41de83e5; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b9e66762aa0cda2a9c2d5542d64e04dac528fa6; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/142f822bd945a7be442a2916ec6167cc102c4183