CVE-2022-50549 dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata

Following concurrent processes:

          P1(drop cache)                P2(kworker)
drop_caches_sysctl_handler
 drop_slab
  shrink_slab
   down_read(&shrinker_rwsem)  - LOCK A
   do_shrink_slab
    super_cache_scan
     prune_icache_sb
      dispose_list
       evict
        ext4_evict_inode
	 ext4_clear_inode
	  ext4_discard_preallocations
	   ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp
	    ext4_mb_init_cache
	     ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait
	      ext4_read_bh_nowait
	       submit_bh
	        dm_submit_bio
		                 do_worker
				  process_deferred_bios
				   commit
				    metadata_operation_failed
				     dm_pool_abort_metadata
				      down_write(&pmd->root_lock) - LOCK B
		                      __destroy_persistent_data_objects
				       dm_block_manager_destroy
				        dm_bufio_client_destroy
				         unregister_shrinker
					  down_write(&shrinker_rwsem)
		 thin_map                            |
		  dm_thin_find_block                 ↓
		   down_read(&pmd->root_lock) --> ABBA deadlock

, which triggers hung task:

[   76.974820] INFO: task kworker/u4:3:63 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
[   76.976019]       Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-00011-g8f17dd350364-dirty #910
[   76.978521] task:kworker/u4:3    state:D stack:0     pid:63    ppid:2
[   76.978534] Workqueue: dm-thin do_worker
[   76.978552] Call Trace:
[   76.978564]  __schedule+0x6ba/0x10f0
[   76.978582]  schedule+0x9d/0x1e0
[   76.978588]  rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x587/0xdf0
[   76.978600]  down_write+0xec/0x110
[   76.978607]  unregister_shrinker+0x2c/0xf0
[   76.978616]  dm_bufio_client_destroy+0x116/0x3d0
[   76.978625]  dm_block_manager_destroy+0x19/0x40
[   76.978629]  __destroy_persistent_data_objects+0x5e/0x70
[   76.978636]  dm_pool_abort_metadata+0x8e/0x100
[   76.978643]  metadata_operation_failed+0x86/0x110
[   76.978649]  commit+0x6a/0x230
[   76.978655]  do_worker+0xc6e/0xd90
[   76.978702]  process_one_work+0x269/0x630
[   76.978714]  worker_thread+0x266/0x630
[   76.978730]  kthread+0x151/0x1b0
[   76.978772] INFO: task test.sh:2646 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
[   76.979756]       Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-00011-g8f17dd350364-dirty #910
[   76.982111] task:test.sh         state:D stack:0     pid:2646  ppid:2459
[   76.982128] Call Trace:
[   76.982139]  __schedule+0x6ba/0x10f0
[   76.982155]  schedule+0x9d/0x1e0
[   76.982159]  rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x4f4/0x910
[   76.982173]  down_read+0x84/0x170
[   76.982177]  dm_thin_find_block+0x4c/0xd0
[   76.982183]  thin_map+0x201/0x3d0
[   76.982188]  __map_bio+0x5b/0x350
[   76.982195]  dm_submit_bio+0x2b6/0x930
[   76.982202]  __submit_bio+0x123/0x2d0
[   76.982209]  submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x101/0x3e0
[   76.982222]  submit_bio_noacct+0x389/0x770
[   76.982227]  submit_bio+0x50/0xc0
[   76.982232]  submit_bh_wbc+0x15e/0x230
[   76.982238]  submit_bh+0x14/0x20
[   76.982241]  ext4_read_bh_nowait+0xc5/0x130
[   76.982247]  ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait+0x340/0xc60
[   76.982254]  ext4_mb_init_cache+0x1ce/0xdc0
[   76.982259]  ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp+0x987/0xfa0
[   76.982263]  ext4_discard_preallocations+0x45d/0x830
[   76.982274]  ext4_clear_inode+0x48/0xf0
[   76.982280]  ext4_evict_inode+0xcf/0xc70
[   76.982285]  evict+0x119/0x2b0
[   76.982290]  dispose_list+0x43/0xa0
[   76.982294]  prune_icache_sb+0x64/0x90
[   76.982298]  super_cache_scan+0x155/0x210
[   76.982303]  do_shrink_slab+0x19e/0x4e0
[   76.982310]  shrink_slab+0x2bd/0x450
[   76.982317]  drop_slab+0xcc/0x1a0
[   76.982323]  drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0xb7/0xe0
[   76.982327]  proc_sys_call_handler+0x1bc/0x300
[   76.982331]  proc_sys_write+0x17/0x20
[   76.982334]  vfs_write+0x3d3/0x570
[   76.982342]  ksys_write+0x73/0x160
[   76.982347]  __x64_sys_write+0x1e/0x30
[   76.982352]  do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[   76.982357]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Funct
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Affected products: vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: unaffected
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: affected
Published: 2025-10-07T15:21:12.006Z