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Message-ID: <2025091720-CVE-2023-53348-513e@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:56:47 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>
Subject: CVE-2023-53348: btrfs: fix deadlock when aborting transaction during relocation with scrub

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>

Description
===========

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

btrfs: fix deadlock when aborting transaction during relocation with scrub

Before relocating a block group we pause scrub, then do the relocation and
then unpause scrub. The relocation process requires starting and committing
a transaction, and if we have a failure in the critical section of the
transaction commit path (transaction state >= TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START),
we will deadlock if there is a paused scrub.

That results in stack traces like the following:

  [42.479] BTRFS info (device sdc): relocating block group 53876686848 flags metadata|raid6
  [42.936] BTRFS warning (device sdc): Skipping commit of aborted transaction.
  [42.936] ------------[ cut here ]------------
  [42.936] BTRFS: Transaction aborted (error -28)
  [42.936] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 346822 at fs/btrfs/transaction.c:1977 btrfs_commit_transaction+0xcc8/0xeb0 [btrfs]
  [42.936] Modules linked in: dm_flakey dm_mod loop btrfs (...)
  [42.936] CPU: 11 PID: 346822 Comm: btrfs Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [42.936] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
  [42.936] RIP: 0010:btrfs_commit_transaction+0xcc8/0xeb0 [btrfs]
  [42.936] Code: ff ff 45 8b (...)
  [42.936] RSP: 0018:ffffb58649633b48 EFLAGS: 00010282
  [42.936] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8be6ef4d5bd8 RCX: 0000000000000000
  [42.936] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffffb35e7782 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
  [42.936] RBP: ffff8be6ef4d5c98 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb586496339e8
  [42.936] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8be6d38c7c00
  [42.936] R13: 00000000ffffffe4 R14: ffff8be6c268c000 R15: ffff8be6ef4d5cf0
  [42.936] FS:  00007f381a82b340(0000) GS:ffff8beddfcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  [42.936] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  [42.936] CR2: 00007f1e35fb7638 CR3: 0000000117680006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
  [42.936] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
  [42.936] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
  [42.936] Call Trace:
  [42.936]  <TASK>
  [42.936]  ? start_transaction+0xcb/0x610 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  prepare_to_relocate+0x111/0x1a0 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  relocate_block_group+0x57/0x5d0 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  ? btrfs_wait_nocow_writers+0x25/0xb0 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x248/0x3c0 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [42.936]  btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x3b/0x150 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  btrfs_balance+0x8ff/0x11d0 [btrfs]
  [42.936]  ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14a/0x410
  [42.936]  btrfs_ioctl+0x2334/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [42.937]  ? mod_objcg_state+0xd2/0x360
  [42.937]  ? refill_obj_stock+0xb0/0x160
  [42.937]  ? seq_release+0x25/0x30
  [42.937]  ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x3b5/0x4b0
  [42.937]  ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2e/0xa0
  [42.937]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [42.937]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [42.937]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [42.937]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [42.937] RIP: 0033:0x7f381a6ffe9b
  [42.937] Code: 00 48 89 44 24 (...)
  [42.937] RSP: 002b:00007ffd45ecf060 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [42.937] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007f381a6ffe9b
  [42.937] RDX: 00007ffd45ecf150 RSI: 00000000c4009420 RDI: 0000000000000003
  [42.937] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000013 R09: 0000000000000000
  [42.937] R10: 00007f381a60c878 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd45ed0423
  [42.937] R13: 00007ffd45ecf150 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd45ecf148
  [42.937]  </TASK>
  [42.937] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
  [42.937] BTRFS: error (device sdc: state A) in cleanup_transaction:1977: errno=-28 No space left
  [59.196] INFO: task btrfs:346772 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
  [59.196]       Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [59.196] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
  [59.196] task:btrfs           state:D stack:0     pid:346772 ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
  [59.196] Call Trace:
  [59.196]  <TASK>
  [59.196]  __schedule+0x392/0xa70
  [59.196]  ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x165/0x370
  [59.196]  schedule+0x5d/0xd0
  [59.196]  __scrub_blocked_if_needed+0x74/0xc0 [btrfs]
  [59.197]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.197]  scrub_pause_off+0x21/0x50 [btrfs]
  [59.197]  scrub_simple_mirror+0x1c7/0x950 [btrfs]
  [59.197]  ? scrub_parity_put+0x1a5/0x1d0 [btrfs]
  [59.198]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.198]  scrub_stripe+0x20d/0x740 [btrfs]
  [59.198]  scrub_chunk+0xc4/0x130 [btrfs]
  [59.198]  scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x3e4/0x7a0 [btrfs]
  [59.198]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.198]  btrfs_scrub_dev+0x236/0x6a0 [btrfs]
  [59.199]  ? btrfs_ioctl+0xd97/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.199]  ? _copy_from_user+0x7b/0x80
  [59.199]  btrfs_ioctl+0xde1/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.199]  ? refill_stock+0x33/0x50
  [59.199]  ? should_failslab+0xa/0x20
  [59.199]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x151/0x460
  [59.199]  ? alloc_io_context+0x1b/0x80
  [59.199]  ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0
  [59.199]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.199]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.199]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [59.199]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [59.199] RIP: 0033:0x7f82ffaffe9b
  [59.199] RSP: 002b:00007f82ff9fcc50 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [59.199] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b191e36310 RCX: 00007f82ffaffe9b
  [59.199] RDX: 000055b191e36310 RSI: 00000000c400941b RDI: 0000000000000003
  [59.199] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007fff1575016f R09: 0000000000000000
  [59.199] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f82ff9fd640
  [59.199] R13: 000000000000006b R14: 00007f82ffa87580 R15: 0000000000000000
  [59.199]  </TASK>
  [59.199] INFO: task btrfs:346773 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
  [59.200]       Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [59.200] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
  [59.201] task:btrfs           state:D stack:0     pid:346773 ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
  [59.201] Call Trace:
  [59.201]  <TASK>
  [59.201]  __schedule+0x392/0xa70
  [59.201]  ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x165/0x370
  [59.201]  schedule+0x5d/0xd0
  [59.201]  __scrub_blocked_if_needed+0x74/0xc0 [btrfs]
  [59.201]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.201]  scrub_pause_off+0x21/0x50 [btrfs]
  [59.202]  scrub_simple_mirror+0x1c7/0x950 [btrfs]
  [59.202]  ? scrub_parity_put+0x1a5/0x1d0 [btrfs]
  [59.202]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.202]  scrub_stripe+0x20d/0x740 [btrfs]
  [59.202]  scrub_chunk+0xc4/0x130 [btrfs]
  [59.203]  scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x3e4/0x7a0 [btrfs]
  [59.203]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.203]  btrfs_scrub_dev+0x236/0x6a0 [btrfs]
  [59.203]  ? btrfs_ioctl+0xd97/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.203]  ? _copy_from_user+0x7b/0x80
  [59.203]  btrfs_ioctl+0xde1/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.204]  ? should_failslab+0xa/0x20
  [59.204]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x151/0x460
  [59.204]  ? alloc_io_context+0x1b/0x80
  [59.204]  ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0
  [59.204]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.204]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.204]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [59.204]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [59.204] RIP: 0033:0x7f82ffaffe9b
  [59.204] RSP: 002b:00007f82ff1fbc50 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [59.204] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b191e36790 RCX: 00007f82ffaffe9b
  [59.204] RDX: 000055b191e36790 RSI: 00000000c400941b RDI: 0000000000000003
  [59.204] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007fff1575016f R09: 0000000000000000
  [59.204] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f82ff1fc640
  [59.204] R13: 000000000000006b R14: 00007f82ffa87580 R15: 0000000000000000
  [59.204]  </TASK>
  [59.204] INFO: task btrfs:346774 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
  [59.205]       Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [59.205] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
  [59.206] task:btrfs           state:D stack:0     pid:346774 ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
  [59.206] Call Trace:
  [59.206]  <TASK>
  [59.206]  __schedule+0x392/0xa70
  [59.206]  schedule+0x5d/0xd0
  [59.206]  __scrub_blocked_if_needed+0x74/0xc0 [btrfs]
  [59.206]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.206]  scrub_pause_off+0x21/0x50 [btrfs]
  [59.207]  scrub_simple_mirror+0x1c7/0x950 [btrfs]
  [59.207]  ? scrub_parity_put+0x1a5/0x1d0 [btrfs]
  [59.207]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.207]  scrub_stripe+0x20d/0x740 [btrfs]
  [59.208]  scrub_chunk+0xc4/0x130 [btrfs]
  [59.208]  scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x3e4/0x7a0 [btrfs]
  [59.208]  ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.isra.0+0x9a/0x120
  [59.208]  btrfs_scrub_dev+0x236/0x6a0 [btrfs]
  [59.208]  ? btrfs_ioctl+0xd97/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.209]  ? _copy_from_user+0x7b/0x80
  [59.209]  btrfs_ioctl+0xde1/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.209]  ? should_failslab+0xa/0x20
  [59.209]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x151/0x460
  [59.209]  ? alloc_io_context+0x1b/0x80
  [59.209]  ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0
  [59.209]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.209]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.209]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [59.209]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [59.209] RIP: 0033:0x7f82ffaffe9b
  [59.209] RSP: 002b:00007f82fe9fac50 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [59.209] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b191e36c10 RCX: 00007f82ffaffe9b
  [59.209] RDX: 000055b191e36c10 RSI: 00000000c400941b RDI: 0000000000000003
  [59.209] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007fff1575016f R09: 0000000000000000
  [59.209] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f82fe9fb640
  [59.209] R13: 000000000000006b R14: 00007f82ffa87580 R15: 0000000000000000
  [59.209]  </TASK>
  [59.209] INFO: task btrfs:346775 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
  [59.210]       Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [59.210] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
  [59.211] task:btrfs           state:D stack:0     pid:346775 ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
  [59.211] Call Trace:
  [59.211]  <TASK>
  [59.211]  __schedule+0x392/0xa70
  [59.211]  schedule+0x5d/0xd0
  [59.211]  __scrub_blocked_if_needed+0x74/0xc0 [btrfs]
  [59.211]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.211]  scrub_pause_off+0x21/0x50 [btrfs]
  [59.212]  scrub_simple_mirror+0x1c7/0x950 [btrfs]
  [59.212]  ? scrub_parity_put+0x1a5/0x1d0 [btrfs]
  [59.212]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.212]  scrub_stripe+0x20d/0x740 [btrfs]
  [59.213]  scrub_chunk+0xc4/0x130 [btrfs]
  [59.213]  scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x3e4/0x7a0 [btrfs]
  [59.213]  ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.isra.0+0x9a/0x120
  [59.213]  btrfs_scrub_dev+0x236/0x6a0 [btrfs]
  [59.213]  ? btrfs_ioctl+0xd97/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.214]  ? _copy_from_user+0x7b/0x80
  [59.214]  btrfs_ioctl+0xde1/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.214]  ? should_failslab+0xa/0x20
  [59.214]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x151/0x460
  [59.214]  ? alloc_io_context+0x1b/0x80
  [59.214]  ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0
  [59.214]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.214]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.214]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [59.214]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [59.214] RIP: 0033:0x7f82ffaffe9b
  [59.214] RSP: 002b:00007f82fe1f9c50 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [59.214] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b191e37090 RCX: 00007f82ffaffe9b
  [59.214] RDX: 000055b191e37090 RSI: 00000000c400941b RDI: 0000000000000003
  [59.214] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007fff1575016f R09: 0000000000000000
  [59.214] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f82fe1fa640
  [59.214] R13: 000000000000006b R14: 00007f82ffa87580 R15: 0000000000000000
  [59.214]  </TASK>
  [59.214] INFO: task btrfs:346776 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
  [59.215]       Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [59.216] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
  [59.217] task:btrfs           state:D stack:0     pid:346776 ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
  [59.217] Call Trace:
  [59.217]  <TASK>
  [59.217]  __schedule+0x392/0xa70
  [59.217]  ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x165/0x370
  [59.217]  schedule+0x5d/0xd0
  [59.217]  __scrub_blocked_if_needed+0x74/0xc0 [btrfs]
  [59.217]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.217]  scrub_pause_off+0x21/0x50 [btrfs]
  [59.217]  scrub_simple_mirror+0x1c7/0x950 [btrfs]
  [59.217]  ? scrub_parity_put+0x1a5/0x1d0 [btrfs]
  [59.218]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.218]  scrub_stripe+0x20d/0x740 [btrfs]
  [59.218]  scrub_chunk+0xc4/0x130 [btrfs]
  [59.218]  scrub_enumerate_chunks+0x3e4/0x7a0 [btrfs]
  [59.219]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.219]  btrfs_scrub_dev+0x236/0x6a0 [btrfs]
  [59.219]  ? btrfs_ioctl+0xd97/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.219]  ? _copy_from_user+0x7b/0x80
  [59.219]  btrfs_ioctl+0xde1/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.219]  ? should_failslab+0xa/0x20
  [59.219]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x151/0x460
  [59.219]  ? alloc_io_context+0x1b/0x80
  [59.219]  ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0
  [59.219]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.219]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.219]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [59.219]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [59.219] RIP: 0033:0x7f82ffaffe9b
  [59.219] RSP: 002b:00007f82fd9f8c50 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [59.219] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055b191e37510 RCX: 00007f82ffaffe9b
  [59.219] RDX: 000055b191e37510 RSI: 00000000c400941b RDI: 0000000000000003
  [59.219] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007fff1575016f R09: 0000000000000000
  [59.219] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f82fd9f9640
  [59.219] R13: 000000000000006b R14: 00007f82ffa87580 R15: 0000000000000000
  [59.219]  </TASK>
  [59.219] INFO: task btrfs:346822 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
  [59.220]       Tainted: G        W          6.3.0-rc2-btrfs-next-127+ #1
  [59.221] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
  [59.222] task:btrfs           state:D stack:0     pid:346822 ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
  [59.222] Call Trace:
  [59.222]  <TASK>
  [59.222]  __schedule+0x392/0xa70
  [59.222]  schedule+0x5d/0xd0
  [59.222]  btrfs_scrub_cancel+0x91/0x100 [btrfs]
  [59.222]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.222]  btrfs_commit_transaction+0x572/0xeb0 [btrfs]
  [59.223]  ? start_transaction+0xcb/0x610 [btrfs]
  [59.223]  prepare_to_relocate+0x111/0x1a0 [btrfs]
  [59.223]  relocate_block_group+0x57/0x5d0 [btrfs]
  [59.223]  ? btrfs_wait_nocow_writers+0x25/0xb0 [btrfs]
  [59.223]  btrfs_relocate_block_group+0x248/0x3c0 [btrfs]
  [59.224]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
  [59.224]  btrfs_relocate_chunk+0x3b/0x150 [btrfs]
  [59.224]  btrfs_balance+0x8ff/0x11d0 [btrfs]
  [59.224]  ? __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14a/0x410
  [59.224]  btrfs_ioctl+0x2334/0x32c0 [btrfs]
  [59.225]  ? mod_objcg_state+0xd2/0x360
  [59.225]  ? refill_obj_stock+0xb0/0x160
  [59.225]  ? seq_release+0x25/0x30
  [59.225]  ? __rseq_handle_notify_resume+0x3b5/0x4b0
  [59.225]  ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2e/0xa0
  [59.225]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.225]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
  [59.225]  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  [59.225]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
  [59.225] RIP: 0033:0x7f381a6ffe9b
  [59.225] RSP: 002b:00007ffd45ecf060 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
  [59.225] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007f381a6ffe9b
  [59.225] RDX: 00007ffd45ecf150 RSI: 00000000c4009420 RDI: 0000000000000003
  [59.225] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000013 R09: 0000000000000000
  [59.225] R10: 00007f381a60c878 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd45ed0423
  [59.225] R13: 00007ffd45ecf150 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd45ecf148
  [59.225]  </TASK>

What happens is the following:

1) A scrub is running, so fs_info->scrubs_running is 1;

2) Task A starts block group relocation, and at btrfs_relocate_chunk() it
   pauses scrub by calling btrfs_scrub_pause(). That increments
   fs_info->scrub_pause_req from 0 to 1 and waits for the scrub task to
   pause (for fs_info->scrubs_paused to be == to fs_info->scrubs_running);

3) The scrub task pauses at scrub_pause_off(), waiting for
   fs_info->scrub_pause_req to decrease to 0;

4) Task A then enters btrfs_relocate_block_group(), and down that call
   chain we start a transaction and then attempt to commit it;

5) When task A calls btrfs_commit_transaction(), it either will do the
   commit itself or wait for some other task that already started the
   commit of the transaction - it doesn't matter which case;

6) The transaction commit enters state TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START;

7) An error happens during the transaction commit, like -ENOSPC when
   running delayed refs or delayed items for example;

8) This results in calling transaction.c:cleanup_transaction(), where
   we call btrfs_scrub_cancel(), incrementing fs_info->scrub_cancel_req
   from 0 to 1, and blocking this task waiting for fs_info->scrubs_running
   to decrease to 0;

9) From this point on, both the transaction commit and the scrub task
   hang forever:

   1) The transaction commit is waiting for fs_info->scrubs_running to
      be decreased to 0;

   2) The scrub task is at scrub_pause_off() waiting for
      fs_info->scrub_pause_req to decrease to 0 - so it can not proceed
      to stop the scrub and decrement fs_info->scrubs_running from 0 to 1.

   Therefore resulting in a deadlock.

Fix this by having cleanup_transaction(), called if a transaction commit
fails, not call btrfs_scrub_cancel() if relocation is in progress, and
having btrfs_relocate_block_group() call btrfs_scrub_cancel() instead if
the relocation failed and a transaction abort happened.

This was triggered with btrfs/061 from fstests.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-53348 to this issue.


Affected and fixed versions
===========================

	Issue introduced in 4.3 with commit 55e3a601c81cdca4497bf855fa4d331f8e830744 and fixed in 6.1.23 with commit 6134a4bb6b1c411a244edee041ac89266c78d45c
	Issue introduced in 4.3 with commit 55e3a601c81cdca4497bf855fa4d331f8e830744 and fixed in 6.2.10 with commit 10a5831b193390b77705fc174a309476c23ba64a
	Issue introduced in 4.3 with commit 55e3a601c81cdca4497bf855fa4d331f8e830744 and fixed in 6.3 with commit 2d82a40aa7d6fcae0250ec68b8566cdee7bfd44c

Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.

Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions.  The official CVE entry at
	https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2023-53348
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.


Affected files
==============

The file(s) affected by this issue are:
	fs/btrfs/transaction.c
	fs/btrfs/volumes.c


Mitigation
==========

The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes.  Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release.  Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all.  If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6134a4bb6b1c411a244edee041ac89266c78d45c
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10a5831b193390b77705fc174a309476c23ba64a
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d82a40aa7d6fcae0250ec68b8566cdee7bfd44c

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