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btrfs: fix block group refcount race in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups()

Published Apr 16, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel 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-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 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-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 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-6.8 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-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency 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-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra 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-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

btrfs: fix block group refcount race in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups()

Block group creation is done in two phases, which results in a slightly
unintuitive property: a block group can be allocated/deallocated from
after btrfs_make_block_group() adds it to the space_info with
btrfs_add_bg_to_space_info(), but before creation is completely completed
in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(). As a result, it is possible for a
block group to go unused and have 'btrfs_mark_bg_unused' called on it
concurrently with 'btrfs_create_pending_block_groups'. This causes a
number of issues, which were fixed with the block group flag
'BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_NEW'.

However, this fix is not quite complete. Since it does not use the
unused_bg_lock, it is possible for the following race to occur:

btrfs_create_pending_block_groups btrfs_mark_bg_unused
if list_empty // false
list_del_init
clear_bit
else if (test_bit) // true
list_move_tail

And we get into the exact same broken ref count and invalid new_bgs
state for transaction cleanup that BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_NEW was designed to
prevent.

The broken refcount aspect will result in a warning like:

[1272.943527] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
[1272.943967] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 61 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[1272.944731] Modules linked in: btrfs virtio_net xor zstd_compress raid6_pq null_blk [last unloaded: btrfs]
[1272.945550] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 61 Comm: kworker/u32:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc5+ #108
[1272.946368] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[1272.946585] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014
[1272.947273] Workqueue: btrfs_discard btrfs_discard_workfn [btrfs]
[1272.947788] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[1272.949532] RSP: 0018:ffffbf1200247df0 EFLAGS: 00010282
[1272.949901] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa14b00e3f800 RCX: 0000000000000000
[1272.950437] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffbf1200247c78 RDI: 00000000ffffdfff
[1272.950986] RBP: ffffa14b00dc2860 R08: 00000000ffffdfff R09: ffffffff90526268
[1272.951512] R10: ffffffff904762c0 R11: 0000000063666572 R12: ffffa14b00dc28c0
[1272.952024] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffa14b00dc2868 R15: 000001285dcd12c0
[1272.952850] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa14d33c40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[1272.953458] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[1272.953931] CR2: 00007f838cbda000 CR3: 000000010104e000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[1272.954474] Call Trace:
[1272.954655] <TASK>
[1272.954812] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[1272.955173] ? __warn.cold+0x93/0xd7
[1272.955487] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[1272.955816] ? report_bug+0xe7/0x120
[1272.956103] ? handle_bug+0x53/0x90
[1272.956424] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60
[1272.956700] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[1272.957011] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xba/0x110
[1272.957399] btrfs_discard_cancel_work.cold+0x26/0x2b [btrfs]
[1272.957853] btrfs_put_block_group.cold+0x5d/0x8e [btrfs]
[1272.958289] btrfs_discard_workfn+0x194/0x380 [btrfs]
[1272.958729] process_one_work+0x130/0x290
[1272.959026] worker_thread+0x2ea/0x420
[1272.959335] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[1272.959644] kthread+0xd7/0x1c0
[1272.959872] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[1272.960172] ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
[1272.960474] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[1272.960745] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[1272.961035] </TASK>
[1272.961238] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Though we have seen them in the async discard workfn as well. It is
most likely to happen after a relocation finishes which cancels discard,
tears down the block group, etc.

Fix this fully by taking the lock arou
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1.47 – < 6.1.191, 6.4.12 – < 6.5, 6.5 6.1.191

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 6.16.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.41-1 DSA-5975-1
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1016.20 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.04 linux 6.14.0-22.22 USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-aws +3 6.14.0-1007.7 USN-7594-3, USN-7594-2, USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-gcp 6.14.0-1008.8 USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-realtime 6.14.0-1004.4 USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-100.100 USN-8028-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws +1 6.8.0-1046.49 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1046.52 USN-8074-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1047.50 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1043.48 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1030.33 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1044.44 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-100.100.1 USN-8052-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1046.49.1 USN-8028-7
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1043.44 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1047.51 USN-8028-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1023.24 USN-8052-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1 USN-8126-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2 USN-8031-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1 USN-8028-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1 USN-8028-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2037.38 USN-8028-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1041.42 USN-8028-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1 USN-8028-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1 USN-8028-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1 USN-8074-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-100.100+fips1 USN-8028-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1 USN-8031-2
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-29.1.21.7 SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 5-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20545-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 4-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20546-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 2-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20547-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2 +1 8-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20544-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20540-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 6-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20541-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 4-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20542-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 2-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20548-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20543-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_7 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-29.1.21.7 SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 5-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20519-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 4-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20520-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 2-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20521-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2 +1 8-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20525-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20517-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_3 +1 8-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20526-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20518-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 6-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20527-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 4-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20528-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 2-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20529-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20524-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_7 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_0 18-150600.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02390-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 17-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02388-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4 12-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02411-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_5 11-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02412-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0 19-150600.4.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02440-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 +1 2-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02514-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02439-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_11 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4 +2 13-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02449-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02420-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02389-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 +3 8-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02433-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02421-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02413-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_9 +2 3-150600.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02442-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02405-1, SUSE-SU-2025:02385-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.40-63.114 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1145
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +14 1:6.12.40-63.114.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1145

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el10uek ELSA-2025-20551

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