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btrfs: fix adding block group to a reclaim list and the unused list during reclaim

Published Jul 30, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

btrfs: fix adding block group to a reclaim list and the unused list during reclaim

There is a potential parallel list adding for retrying in
btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work and adding to the unused list. Since the block
group is removed from the reclaim list and it is on a relocation work,
it can be added into the unused list in parallel. When that happens,
adding it to the reclaim list will corrupt the list head and trigger
list corruption like below.

Fix it by taking fs_info->unused_bgs_lock.

[177.504][T2585409] BTRFS error (device nullb1): error relocating ch= unk 2415919104
[177.514][T2585409] list_del corruption. next->prev should be ff1100= 0344b119c0, but was ff11000377e87c70. (next=3Dff110002390cd9c0)
[177.529][T2585409] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[177.537][T2585409] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:65!
[177.545][T2585409] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
[177.555][T2585409] CPU: 9 PID: 2585409 Comm: kworker/u128:2 Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc5-kts #1
[177.568][T2585409] Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-520P-WTR/X12SPW-TF, BIOS 1.2 02/14/2022
[177.579][T2585409] Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work[btrfs]
[177.589][T2585409] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0x70/0x72
[177.624][T2585409] RSP: 0018:ff11000377e87a70 EFLAGS: 00010286
[177.633][T2585409] RAX: 000000000000006d RBX: ff11000344b119c0 RCX:0000000000000000
[177.644][T2585409] RDX: 000000000000006d RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI:ffe21c006efd0f40
[177.655][T2585409] RBP: ff110002e0509f78 R08: 0000000000000001 R09:ffe21c006efd0f08
[177.665][T2585409] R10: ff11000377e87847 R11: 0000000000000000 R12:ff110002390cd9c0
[177.676][T2585409] R13: ff11000344b119c0 R14: ff110002e0508000 R15:dffffc0000000000
[177.687][T2585409] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff11000fec880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[177.700][T2585409] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[177.709][T2585409] CR2: 00007f06bc7b1978 CR3: 0000001021e86005 CR4:0000000000771ef0
[177.720][T2585409] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:0000000000000000
[177.731][T2585409] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7:0000000000000400
[177.742][T2585409] PKRU: 55555554
[177.748][T2585409] Call Trace:
[177.753][T2585409] <TASK>
[177.759][T2585409] ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27
[177.766][T2585409] ? die+0x2e/0x50
[177.772][T2585409] ? do_trap+0x1ea/0x2d0
[177.779][T2585409] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0x70/0x72
[177.788][T2585409] ? do_error_trap+0xa3/0x160
[177.795][T2585409] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0x70/0x72
[177.805][T2585409] ? handle_invalid_op+0x2c/0x40
[177.812][T2585409] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0x70/0x72
[177.820][T2585409] ? exc_invalid_op+0x2d/0x40
[177.827][T2585409] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
[177.834][T2585409] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0x70/0x72
[177.843][T2585409] btrfs_delete_unused_bgs+0x3d9/0x14c0 [btrfs]

There is a similar retry_list code in btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(), but it is
safe, AFAICS. Since the block group was in the unused list, the used bytes
should be 0 when it was added to the unused list. Then, it checks
block_group->{used,reserved,pinned} are still 0 under the
block_group->lock. So, they should be still eligible for the unused list,
not the reclaim list.

The reason it is safe there it's because because we're holding
space_info->groups_sem in write mode.

That means no other task can allocate from the block group, so while we
are at deleted_unused_bgs() it's not possible for other tasks to
allocate and deallocate extents from the block group, so it can't be
added to the unused list or the reclaim list by anyone else.

The bug can be reproduced by btrfs/166 after a few rounds. In practice
this can be hit when relocation cannot find more chunk space and ends
with ENOSPC.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15.162 – < 5.15.163, 6.1.96 – < 6.1.98, 6.6.36 – < 6.6.39, 6.9.7 – < 6.9.9 5.15.163

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 6.9.9-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.9.9-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.98-1 —
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 DLA-4008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-48.48 USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1018.20 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1017.20 USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1017.19 USN-7095-1, USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1013.17 USN-7089-6
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1002.4 USN-7156-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1015.15 USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-48.48.3 USN-7089-7
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1017.19.1 USN-7095-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1016.16 USN-7089-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1015.16 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1014.16 USN-7089-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-48.48.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1017.20~22.04.1 USN-7090-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1 USN-7095-1, USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-48.48~22.04.1 USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-48.48.3~22.04.1 USN-7089-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1015.15~22.04.1 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-48.48.1~22.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2013.14 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1011.11 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1.150600.12.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1.150600.12.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
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 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9 1-150700.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_9 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_20 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-syms-rt +1 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.87.1.150600.12.40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.102-108.177 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-679
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.102-108.177.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-679

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +13 5.15.0-210.163.7.el9uek ELSA-2024-12618

Advisories 22

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