f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadlock in f2fs_record_stop_reason()
Summary
f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadlock in f2fs_record_stop_reason()
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid potential deadlock in f2fs_record_stop_reason()
syzbot reports deadlock issue of f2fs as below:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.12.0-rc3-syzkaller-00087-gc964ced77262 #0 Not tainted
kswapd0/79 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888011824088 (&sbi->sb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: f2fs_down_write fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2199 [inline]
ffff888011824088 (&sbi->sb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: f2fs_record_stop_reason+0x52/0x1d0 fs/f2fs/super.c:4068
but task is already holding lock:
ffff88804bd92610 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: f2fs_evict_inode+0x662/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:842
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
__sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1716 [inline]
sb_start_intwrite+0x4d/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:1899
f2fs_evict_inode+0x662/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:842
evict+0x4e8/0x9b0 fs/inode.c:725
f2fs_evict_inode+0x1a4/0x15c0 fs/f2fs/inode.c:807
evict+0x4e8/0x9b0 fs/inode.c:725
dispose_list fs/inode.c:774 [inline]
prune_icache_sb+0x239/0x2f0 fs/inode.c:963
super_cache_scan+0x38c/0x4b0 fs/super.c:223…
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2024-56744 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56744 linux Fixed in: 6.12.3-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56744 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org