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Unscored CVE-2023-54224 EUVD-2023-60417GHSA-5mg6-8pgx-pxr7

btrfs: fix lockdep splat and potential deadlock after failure running delayed items

Published Dec 30, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

btrfs: fix lockdep splat and potential deadlock after failure running delayed items

When running delayed items we are holding a delayed node's mutex and then
we will attempt to modify a subvolume btree to insert/update/delete the
delayed items. However if have an error during the insertions for example,
btrfs_insert_delayed_items() may return with a path that has locked extent
buffers (a leaf at the very least), and then we attempt to release the
delayed node at __btrfs_run_delayed_items(), which requires taking the
delayed node's mutex, causing an ABBA type of deadlock. This was reported
by syzbot and the lockdep splat is the following:

WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.5.0-rc7-syzkaller-00024-g93f5de5f648d #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz-executor.2/13257 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88801835c0c0 (&delayed_node->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __btrfs_release_delayed_node+0x9a/0xaa0 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:256

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802a5ab8e8 (btrfs-tree-00){++++}-{3:3}, at: __btrfs_tree_lock+0x3c/0x2a0 fs/btrfs/locking.c:198

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (btrfs-tree-00){++++}-{3:3}:
__lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5475 [inline]
lock_release+0x36f/0x9d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5781
up_write+0x79/0x580 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
btrfs_tree_unlock_rw fs/btrfs/locking.h:189 [inline]
btrfs_unlock_up_safe+0x179/0x3b0 fs/btrfs/locking.c:239
search_leaf fs/btrfs/ctree.c:1986 [inline]
btrfs_search_slot+0x2511/0x2f80 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2230
btrfs_insert_empty_items+0x9c/0x180 fs/btrfs/ctree.c:4376
btrfs_insert_delayed_item fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:746 [inline]
btrfs_insert_delayed_items fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:824 [inline]
__btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_items+0xd24/0x2410 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1111
__btrfs_run_delayed_items+0x1db/0x430 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1153
flush_space+0x269/0xe70 fs/btrfs/space-info.c:723
btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space+0x106/0x350 fs/btrfs/space-info.c:1078
process_one_work+0x92c/0x12c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2600
worker_thread+0xa63/0x1210 kernel/workqueue.c:2751
kthread+0x2b8/0x350 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x2e/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:145
ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:304

-> #0 (&delayed_node->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3142 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3261 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3876 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x39ff/0x7f70 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5144
lock_acquire+0x1e3/0x520 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5761
__mutex_lock_common+0x1d8/0x2530 kernel/locking/mutex.c:603
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:747 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:799
__btrfs_release_delayed_node+0x9a/0xaa0 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:256
btrfs_release_delayed_node fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:281 [inline]
__btrfs_run_delayed_items+0x2b5/0x430 fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1156
btrfs_commit_transaction+0x859/0x2ff0 fs/btrfs/transaction.c:2276
btrfs_sync_file+0xf56/0x1330 fs/btrfs/file.c:1988
vfs_fsync_range fs/sync.c:188 [inline]
vfs_fsync fs/sync.c:202 [inline]
do_fsync fs/sync.c:212 [inline]
__do_sys_fsync fs/sync.c:220 [inline]
__se_sys_fsync fs/sync.c:218 [inline]
__x64_sys_fsync+0x196/0x1e0 fs/sync.c:218
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

other info that
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Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15 5.15.133

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 6.5.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.5.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.55-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1035.37 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-94.104 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1053.58 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1056.64 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1056.64.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1051.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1050.55 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1036.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1046.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1047.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1044.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1022.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1009.9 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1051.57 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1027.31 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1053.58~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1056.64~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1046.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1048.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1022.22~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1051.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1049.53~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1046.48 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1054.60 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1053.58+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-94.104+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1.150700.17.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.290.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_8 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_19 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.290.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_76 1-8.7.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.55-75.123 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-356
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.55-75.123.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-356

Advisories 11

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