Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: zoned: fix extent range end unlock in cow_file_range()
Running generic/751 on the for-next branch often results in a hang like
below. They are both stack by locking an extent. This suggests someone
forget to unlock an extent.
INFO: task kworker/u128:1:12 blocked for more than 323 seconds.
Not tainted 6.13.0-BTRFS-ZNS+ #503
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u128:1 state:D stack:0 pid:12 tgid:12 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: btrfs-fixup btrfs_work_helper [btrfs]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__schedule+0x534/0xdd0
schedule+0x39/0x140
__lock_extent+0x31b/0x380 [btrfs]
? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
btrfs_writepage_fixup_worker+0xf1/0x3a0 [btrfs]
btrfs_work_helper+0xff/0x480 [btrfs]
? lock_release+0x178/0x2c0
process_one_work+0x1ee/0x570
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
worker_thread+0x1d1/0x3b0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x10b/0x230
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
INFO: task kworker/u134:0:184 blocked for more than 323 seconds.
Not tainted 6.13.0-BTRFS-ZNS+ #503
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u134:0 state:D stack:0 pid:184 tgid:184 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-btrfs-4)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__schedule+0x534/0xdd0
schedule+0x39/0x140
__lock_extent+0x31b/0x380 [btrfs]
? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
find_lock_delalloc_range+0xdb/0x260 [btrfs]
writepage_delalloc+0x12f/0x500 [btrfs]
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
extent_write_cache_pages+0x232/0x840 [btrfs]
btrfs_writepages+0x72/0x130 [btrfs]
do_writepages+0xe7/0x260
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? lock_acquire+0xd2/0x300
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode.part.0+0x102/0x250
? wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode.part.0+0x102/0x250
__writeback_single_inode+0x5c/0x4b0
writeback_sb_inodes+0x22d/0x550
__writeback_inodes_wb+0x4c/0xe0
wb_writeback+0x2f6/0x3f0
wb_workfn+0x32a/0x510
process_one_work+0x1ee/0x570
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
worker_thread+0x1d1/0x3b0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x10b/0x230
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
This happens because we have another success path for the zoned mode. When
there is no active zone available, btrfs_reserve_extent() returns
-EAGAIN. In this case, we have two reactions.
(1) If the given range is never allocated, we can only wait for someone
to finish a zone, so wait on BTRFS_FS_NEED_ZONE_FINISH bit and retry
afterward.
(2) Or, if some allocations are already done, we must bail out and let
the caller to send IOs for the allocation. This is because these IOs
may be necessary to finish a zone.
The commit 06f364284794 ("btrfs: do proper folio cleanup when
cow_file_range() failed") moved the unlock code from the inside of the
loop to the outside. So, previously, the allocated extents are unlocked
just after the allocation and so before returning from the function.
However, they are no longer unlocked on the case (2) above. That caused
the hang issue.
Fix the issue by modifying the 'end' to the end of the allocated
range. Then, we can exit the loop and the same unlock code can properly
handle the case.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.1.191 – < 6.2, 6.6.160 – < 6.7, 6.13.2 – < 6.13.7 | 6.2 |
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.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 | kernel-uek +34 | 6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el10uek | ELSA-2025-20551 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2025-0683 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 10, 2026
- ELSA-2025-20551 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Sep 8, 2025