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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Oct 24, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 24, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

btrfs: fix hang during unmount when block group reclaim task is running

When we start an unmount, at close_ctree(), if we have the reclaim task
running and in the middle of a data block group relocation, we can trigger
a deadlock when stopping an async reclaim task, producing a trace like the
following:

[629724.498185] task:kworker/u16:7 state:D stack: 0 pid:681170 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000
[629724.499760] Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space [btrfs]
[629724.501267] Call Trace:
[629724.501759]
[629724.502174] __schedule+0x3cb/0xed0
[629724.502842] schedule+0x4e/0xb0
[629724.503447] btrfs_wait_on_delayed_iputs+0x7c/0xc0 [btrfs]
[629724.504534] ? prepare_to_wait_exclusive+0xc0/0xc0
[629724.505442] flush_space+0x423/0x630 [btrfs]
[629724.506296] ? rcu_read_unlock_trace_special+0x20/0x50
[629724.507259] ? lock_release+0x220/0x4a0
[629724.507932] ? btrfs_get_alloc_profile+0xb3/0x290 [btrfs]
[629724.508940] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x4b/0xa0
[629724.509688] btrfs_async_reclaim_metadata_space+0x139/0x320 [btrfs]
[629724.510922] process_one_work+0x252/0x5a0
[629724.511694] ? process_one_work+0x5a0/0x5a0
[629724.512508] worker_thread+0x52/0x3b0
[629724.513220] ? process_one_work+0x5a0/0x5a0
[629724.514021] kthread+0xf2/0x120
[629724.514627] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
[629724.515526] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[629724.516236]
[629724.516694] task:umount state:D stack: 0 pid:719055 ppid:695412 flags:0x00004000
[629724.518269] Call Trace:
[629724.518746]
[629724.519160] __schedule+0x3cb/0xed0
[629724.519835] schedule+0x4e/0xb0
[629724.520467] schedule_timeout+0xed/0x130
[629724.521221] ? lock_release+0x220/0x4a0
[629724.521946] ? lock_acquired+0x19c/0x420
[629724.522662] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x1b/0xe0
[629724.523411] __wait_for_common+0xaf/0x1f0
[629724.524189] ? usleep_range_state+0xb0/0xb0
[629724.524997] __flush_work+0x26d/0x530
[629724.525698] ? flush_workqueue_prep_pwqs+0x140/0x140
[629724.526580] ? lock_acquire+0x1a0/0x310
[629724.527324] __cancel_work_timer+0x137/0x1c0
[629724.528190] close_ctree+0xfd/0x531 [btrfs]
[629724.529000] ? evict_inodes+0x166/0x1c0
[629724.529510] generic_shutdown_super+0x74/0x120
[629724.530103] kill_anon_super+0x14/0x30
[629724.530611] btrfs_kill_super+0x12/0x20 [btrfs]
[629724.531246] deactivate_locked_super+0x31/0xa0
[629724.531817] cleanup_mnt+0x147/0x1c0
[629724.532319] task_work_run+0x5c/0xa0
[629724.532984] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1a6/0x1b0
[629724.533598] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40
[629724.534200] do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90
[629724.534667] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[629724.535318] RIP: 0033:0x7fa2b90437a7
[629724.535804] RSP: 002b:00007ffe0b7e4458 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
[629724.536912] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fa2b9182264 RCX: 00007fa2b90437a7
[629724.538156] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000555d6cf20dd0
[629724.539053] RBP: 0000555d6cf20ba0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffe0b7e3200
[629724.539956] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
[629724.540883] R13: 0000555d6cf20dd0 R14: 0000555d6cf20cb0 R15: 0000000000000000
[629724.541796]

This happens because:

  1. Before entering close_ctree() we have the async block group reclaim
    task running and relocating a data block group;

  2. There's an async metadata (or data) space reclaim task running;

  3. We enter close_ctree() and park the cleaner kthread;

  4. The async space reclaim task is at flush_space() and runs all the
    existing delayed iputs;

  5. Before the async space reclaim task calls
    btrfs_wait_on_delayed_iputs(), the block group reclaim task which is
    doing the data block group relocation, creates a delayed iput at
    replace_file_extents() (called when COWing leaves that have file extent
    items pointing to relocated data exten
    ---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2025
Last updated Oct 24, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(3rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49702

GHSA ID

GHSA-6hq8-g74x-24q3

Source code

No known source code

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