ghsa-vmvh-gj86-w48f
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix deadlock when aborting transaction during relocation with scrub
Before relocating a block group we pause scrub, then do the relocation and then unpause scrub. The relocation process requires starting and committing a transaction, and if we have a failure in the critical section of the transaction commit path (transaction state >= TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START), we will deadlock if there is a paused scrub.
That results in stack traces like the following:
[42.479] BTRFS info (device sdc): relocating block group 53876686848 flags metadata|raid6 [42.936] BTRFS warning (device sdc): Skipping commit of aborted transaction. [42.936] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [42.936] BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -28) [42.936] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 346822 at fs/btrfs/transaction.c:1977 btrfs_commit_transaction+0xcc8/0xeb0 [btrfs] [42.936] Modules linked in: dm_flakey dm_mod loop btrfs (...) [42.936] CPU: 11 PID: 346822 Comm: btrfs Tainted: G W 6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1 [42.936] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [42.936] RIP: 0010:btrfs_commit_transaction+0xcc8/0xeb0 [btrfs] [42.936] Code: ff ff 45 8b (...) [42.936] RSP: 0018:ffffb58649633b48 EFLAGS: 00010282 [42.936] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8be6ef4d5bd8 RCX: 0000000000000000 [42.936] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffffb35e7782 RDI: 00000000ffffffff [42.936] RBP: ffff8be6ef4d5c98 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb586496339e8 [42.936] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8be6d38c7c00 [42.936] R13: 00000000ffffffe4 R14: ffff8be6c268c000 R15: ffff8be6ef4d5cf0 [42.936] FS: 00007f381a82b340(0000) GS:ffff8beddfcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [42.936] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [42.936] CR2: 00007f1e35fb7638 CR3: 0000000117680006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [42.936] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [42.936] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [42.936] Call Trace: [42.936] [42.936] ? start_transaction+0xcb/0x610 [btrfs] [42.936] prepare_to_relocate+0x111/0x1a0 [btrfs] [42.936] relocate_block_group+0x57/0x5d0 [btrfs] [42.936] ? btrfs_wait_nocow_writers+0x25/0xb0 [btrfs] [42.936] btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x248/0x3c0 [btrfs] [42.936] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10 [42.936] btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x3b/0x150 [btrfs] [42.936] btrfs_balance+0x8ff/0x11d0 [btrfs] [42.936] ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14a/0x410 [42.936] btrfs_ioctl+0x2334/0x32c0 [btrfs] [42.937] ? mod_objcg_state+0xd2/0x360 [42.937] ? refill_obj_stock+0xb0/0x160 [42.937] ? seq_release+0x25/0x30 [42.937] ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x3b5/0x4b0 [42.937] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2e/0xa0 [42.937] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0 [42.937] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0 [42.937] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [42.937] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc [42.937] RIP: 0033:0x7f381a6ffe9b [42.937] Code: 00 48 89 44 24 (...) [42.937] RSP: 002b:00007ffd45ecf060 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 [42.937] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007f381a6ffe9b [42.937] RDX: 00007ffd45ecf150 RSI: 00000000c4009420 RDI: 0000000000000003 [42.937] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000013 R09: 0000000000000000 [42.937] R10: 00007f381a60c878 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd45ed0423 [42.937] R13: 00007ffd45ecf150 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd45ecf148 [42.937] [42.937] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [42.937] BTRFS: error (device sdc: state A) in cleanup_transaction:1977: errno=-28 No space left [59.196] INFO: task btrfs:346772 blocked for more than 120 seconds. [59.196] Tainted: G W 6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1 [59.196] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_ ---truncated---
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-53348"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-17T15:15:38Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix deadlock when aborting transaction during relocation with scrub\n\nBefore relocating a block group we pause scrub, then do the relocation and\nthen unpause scrub. The relocation process requires starting and committing\na transaction, and if we have a failure in the critical section of the\ntransaction commit path (transaction state \u003e= TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START),\nwe will deadlock if there is a paused scrub.\n\nThat results in stack traces like the following:\n\n [42.479] BTRFS info (device sdc): relocating block group 53876686848 flags metadata|raid6\n [42.936] BTRFS warning (device sdc): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.\n [42.936] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n [42.936] BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -28)\n [42.936] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 346822 at fs/btrfs/transaction.c:1977 btrfs_commit_transaction+0xcc8/0xeb0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] Modules linked in: dm_flakey dm_mod loop btrfs (...)\n [42.936] CPU: 11 PID: 346822 Comm: btrfs Tainted: G W 6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1\n [42.936] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n [42.936] RIP: 0010:btrfs_commit_transaction+0xcc8/0xeb0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] Code: ff ff 45 8b (...)\n [42.936] RSP: 0018:ffffb58649633b48 EFLAGS: 00010282\n [42.936] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8be6ef4d5bd8 RCX: 0000000000000000\n [42.936] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffffb35e7782 RDI: 00000000ffffffff\n [42.936] RBP: ffff8be6ef4d5c98 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb586496339e8\n [42.936] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8be6d38c7c00\n [42.936] R13: 00000000ffffffe4 R14: ffff8be6c268c000 R15: ffff8be6ef4d5cf0\n [42.936] FS: 00007f381a82b340(0000) GS:ffff8beddfcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n [42.936] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n [42.936] CR2: 00007f1e35fb7638 CR3: 0000000117680006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0\n [42.936] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n [42.936] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n [42.936] Call Trace:\n [42.936] \u003cTASK\u003e\n [42.936] ? start_transaction+0xcb/0x610 [btrfs]\n [42.936] prepare_to_relocate+0x111/0x1a0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] relocate_block_group+0x57/0x5d0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] ? btrfs_wait_nocow_writers+0x25/0xb0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x248/0x3c0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10\n [42.936] btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x3b/0x150 [btrfs]\n [42.936] btrfs_balance+0x8ff/0x11d0 [btrfs]\n [42.936] ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14a/0x410\n [42.936] btrfs_ioctl+0x2334/0x32c0 [btrfs]\n [42.937] ? mod_objcg_state+0xd2/0x360\n [42.937] ? refill_obj_stock+0xb0/0x160\n [42.937] ? seq_release+0x25/0x30\n [42.937] ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x3b5/0x4b0\n [42.937] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2e/0xa0\n [42.937] ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0\n [42.937] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0\n [42.937] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90\n [42.937] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc\n [42.937] RIP: 0033:0x7f381a6ffe9b\n [42.937] Code: 00 48 89 44 24 (...)\n [42.937] RSP: 002b:00007ffd45ecf060 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010\n [42.937] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007f381a6ffe9b\n [42.937] RDX: 00007ffd45ecf150 RSI: 00000000c4009420 RDI: 0000000000000003\n [42.937] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000013 R09: 0000000000000000\n [42.937] R10: 00007f381a60c878 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd45ed0423\n [42.937] R13: 00007ffd45ecf150 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd45ecf148\n [42.937] \u003c/TASK\u003e\n [42.937] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n [42.937] BTRFS: error (device sdc: state A) in cleanup_transaction:1977: errno=-28 No space left\n [59.196] INFO: task btrfs:346772 blocked for more than 120 seconds.\n [59.196] Tainted: G W 6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1\n [59.196] \"echo 0 \u003e /proc/sys/kernel/hung_\n---truncated---",
"id": "GHSA-vmvh-gj86-w48f",
"modified": "2025-09-17T15:30:38Z",
"published": "2025-09-17T15:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53348"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10a5831b193390b77705fc174a309476c23ba64a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d82a40aa7d6fcae0250ec68b8566cdee7bfd44c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6134a4bb6b1c411a244edee041ac89266c78d45c"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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