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.
                
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Affected Vendors & Products
References
        History
                    Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared | Linux Linux linux Kernel | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-835 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Linux Linux linux Kernel | 
Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000
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|---|---|---|
| References |  | 
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000
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| References |  | |
| Metrics | threat_severity 
 | cvssV3_1 
 
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Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | btrfs: zoned: fix extent range end unlock in cow_file_range() | |
| References |  | 
 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-07-06T09:08:50.894Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.789Z
Link: CVE-2025-21942
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-04-01T16:15:25.100
Modified: 2025-10-30T19:43:56.270
Link: CVE-2025-21942
 Redhat
                        Redhat