{"cve":"CVE-2026-74572","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T13:18:02.837","modified":"2026-10-16T20:17:38.647","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: zoned: fix deadlock between metadata writeback and transaction commit\n\nWhen writing out metadata extent buffers in a zoned filesystem,\nbtree_writepages() holds fs_info->zoned_meta_io_lock across the whole\nwriteback loop, including the call to btrfs_check_meta_write_pointer() ->\ncheck_bg_is_active().\n\nFor the tree-log block group, check_bg_is_active() may fail to activate\nthe zone and fall back to btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg() to free an active\nzone. That path waits for the running transaction to commit while still\nholding zoned_meta_io_lock, but the committer needs that same lock to\nwrite out the tree extents, so the two tasks deadlock:\n\n  Task A (kworker, metadata writeback)      Task B (fsstress, transaction commit)\n  ------------------------------------      -------------------------------------\n  wb_workfn()                               btrfs_commit_transaction(T)\n   btree_writepages()                        btrfs_write_and_wait_transaction()\n    btrfs_zoned_meta_io_lock()                btrfs_write_marked_extents()\n    btrfs_check_meta_write_pointer()           btree_writepages()\n     check_bg_is_active() [treelog_bg]          btrfs_zoned_meta_io_lock()\n      btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg()               <blocks on zoned_meta_io_lock,\n       btrfs_zone_finish()                      held by Task A>\n        do_zone_finish()\n         btrfs_inc_block_group_ro()\n          btrfs_wait_for_commit()\n           <blocks waiting for commit\n            of transaction T, done by\n            Task B>\n\nThe sibling branch in check_bg_is_active() already drops zoned_meta_io_lock\naround do_zone_finish() for this exact reason. Do the same in the tree-log\nbranch: release the lock around btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg() and re-acquire\nit afterwards. The lock only protects fs_info->active_{meta,system}_bg,\nwhich this branch does not touch, and ctx->zoned_bg keeps a reference to\nthe block group across the unlock, so nothing is lost while the lock\nis dropped.\n\nThis hang occasionally reproduces with fstests generic/475 on a zoned\nbtrfs filesystem.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18577e77c2c8adaadf1f7c6e9bcd1c0b14e5dcdd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ebe51c29fa9755d5b2fea28727c051117907cf8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75859a7cd77cd2ddaddbcb963e3fcd34738953af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3320873e0c04ce7b746fc8fe948f07bbbbdec33","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deddd28fd83c264ee2ff5cd6b34449a9f1be6112"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:10.689564601+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-74572","score":0.00346,"percentile":0.27884,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}