Improper Locking Affecting kernel package, versions *

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52668
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1908e9d01e5395adff68d9d308a0fb15337e6272
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f74989f5909cdec9b1274641f0fa306b15bb476
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b18f3b60b35a8c01c9a2a0f0d6424c6d73971dc3