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btrfs: ensure pages are unlocked on cow_file_range() failure

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: ensure pages are unlocked on cow_file_range() failure

There is a hung_task report on zoned btrfs like below.

https://github.com/naota/linux/issues/59

[726.328648] INFO: task rocksdb:high0:11085 blocked for more than 241 seconds.
[726.329839] Not tainted 5.16.0-rc1+ #1
[726.330484] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[726.331603] task:rocksdb:high0 state:D stack: 0 pid:11085 ppid: 11082 flags:0x00000000
[726.331608] Call Trace:
[726.331611] <TASK>
[726.331614] __schedule+0x2e5/0x9d0
[726.331622] schedule+0x58/0xd0
[726.331626] io_schedule+0x3f/0x70
[726.331629] __folio_lock+0x125/0x200
[726.331634] ? find_get_entries+0x1bc/0x240
[726.331638] ? filemap_invalidate_unlock_two+0x40/0x40
[726.331642] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x5b2/0x770
[726.331649] truncate_inode_pages_final+0x44/0x50
[726.331653] btrfs_evict_inode+0x67/0x480
[726.331658] evict+0xd0/0x180
[726.331661] iput+0x13f/0x200
[726.331664] do_unlinkat+0x1c0/0x2b0
[726.331668] __x64_sys_unlink+0x23/0x30
[726.331670] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
[726.331674] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[726.331677] RIP: 0033:0x7fb9490a171b
[726.331681] RSP: 002b:00007fb943ffac68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000057
[726.331684] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fb9490a171b
[726.331686] RDX: 00007fb943ffb040 RSI: 000055a6bbe6ec20 RDI: 00007fb94400d300
[726.331687] RBP: 00007fb943ffad00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[726.331688] R10: 0000000000000031 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fb943ffb000
[726.331690] R13: 00007fb943ffb040 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007fb943ffd260
[726.331693] </TASK>

While we debug the issue, we found running fstests generic/551 on 5GB
non-zoned null_blk device in the emulated zoned mode also had a
similar hung issue.

Also, we can reproduce the same symptom with an error injected
cow_file_range() setup.

The hang occurs when cow_file_range() fails in the middle of
allocation. cow_file_range() called from do_allocation_zoned() can
split the give region ([start, end]) for allocation depending on
current block group usages. When btrfs can allocate bytes for one part
of the split regions but fails for the other region (e.g. because of
-ENOSPC), we return the error leaving the pages in the succeeded regions
locked. Technically, this occurs only when @unlock == 0. Otherwise, we
unlock the pages in an allocated region after creating an ordered
extent.

Considering the callers of cow_file_range(unlock=0) won't write out
the pages, we can unlock the pages on error exit from
cow_file_range(). So, we can ensure all the pages except @locked_page
are unlocked on error case.

In summary, cow_file_range now behaves like this:

- page_started == 1 (return value)
- All the pages are unlocked. IO is started.
- unlock == 1
- All the pages except @locked_page are unlocked in any case
- unlock == 0
- On success, all the pages are locked for writing out them
- On failure, all the pages except @locked_page are unlocked

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.12 5.15.61

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.2-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-53.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1023.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1023.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1022.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1008.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1018.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1021.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1022.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1023.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1023.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1022.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1022.28~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1025.28 —

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