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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-49079" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-02-26T01:54:40.697Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T18:52:37.257Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49079" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49079.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49079" title: "btrfs: zoned: traverse devices under chunk_mutex in btrfs_can_activate_zone" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: zoned: traverse devices under chunk_mutex in btrfs_can_activate_zone\n\nbtrfs_can_activate_zone() can be called with the device_list_mutex already\nheld, which will lead to a deadlock:\n\ninsert_dev_extents() // Takes device_list_mutex\n`-\u003e insert_dev_extent()\n `-\u003e btrfs_insert_empty_item()\n `-\u003e btrfs_insert_empty_items()\n `-\u003e btrfs_search_slot()\n `-\u003e btrfs_cow_block()\n `-\u003e __btrfs_cow_block()\n `-\u003e btrfs_alloc_tree_block()\n `-\u003e btrfs_reserve_extent()\n `-\u003e find_free_extent()\n `-\u003e find_free_extent_update_loop()\n `-\u003e can_allocate_chunk()\n `-\u003e btrfs_can_activate_zone() // Takes device_list_mutex again\n\nInstead of using the RCU on fs_devices-\u003edevice_list we\ncan use fs_devices-\u003ealloc_list, protected by the chunk_mutex to traverse\nthe list of active devices.\n\nWe are in the chunk allocation thread. The newer chunk allocation\nhappens from the devices in the fs_device-\u003ealloc_list protected by the\nchunk_mutex.\n\n btrfs_create_chunk()\n lockdep_assert_held(&info-\u003echunk_mutex);\n gather_device_info\n list_for_each_entry(device, &fs_devices-\u003ealloc_list, dev_alloc_list)\n\nAlso, a device that reappears after the mount won't join the alloc_list\nyet and, it will be in the dev_list, which we don't want to consider in\nthe context of the chunk alloc.\n\n [15.166572] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected\n [15.167117] 5.17.0-rc6-dennis #79 Not tainted\n [15.167487] --------------------------------------------\n [15.167733] kworker/u8:3/146 is trying to acquire lock:\n [15.167733] ffff888102962ee0 (&fs_devs-\u003edevice_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]\n [15.167733]\n [15.167733] but task is already holding lock:\n [15.167733] ffff888102962ee0 (&fs_devs-\u003edevice_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x20a/0x560 [btrfs]\n [15.167733]\n [15.167733] other info that might help us debug this:\n [15.167733] Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n [15.167733]\n [15.171834] CPU0\n [15.171834] ----\n [15.171834] lock(&fs_devs-\u003edevice_list_mutex);\n [15.171834] lock(&fs_devs-\u003edevice_list_mutex);\n [15.171834]\n [15.171834] *** DEADLOCK ***\n [15.171834]\n [15.171834] May be due to missing lock nesting notation\n [15.171834]\n [15.171834] 5 locks held by kworker/u8:3/146:\n [15.171834] #0: ffff888100050938 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1c3/0x5a0\n [15.171834] #1: ffffc9000067be80 ((work_completion)(&fs_info-\u003easync_data_reclaim_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1c3/0x5a0\n [15.176244] #2: ffff88810521e620 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: flush_space+0x335/0x600 [btrfs]\n [15.176244] #3: ffff888102962ee0 (&fs_devs-\u003edevice_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: btrfs_create_pending_block_groups+0x20a/0x560 [btrfs]\n [15.176244] #4: ffff8881152e4b78 (btrfs-dev-00){++++}-{3:3}, at: __btrfs_tree_lock+0x27/0x130 [btrfs]\n [15.179641]\n [15.179641] stack backtrace:\n [15.179641] CPU: 1 PID: 146 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6-dennis #79\n [15.179641] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1.fc35 04/01/2014\n [15.179641] Workqueue: events_unbound btrfs_async_reclaim_data_space [btrfs]\n [15.179641] Call Trace:\n [15.179641] \u003cTASK\u003e\n [15.179641] dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59\n [15.179641] __lock_acquire.cold+0x217/0x2b2\n [15.179641] lock_acquire+0xbf/0x2b0\n [15.183838] ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]\n [15.183838] __mutex_lock+0x8e/0x970\n [15.183838] ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]\n [15.183838] ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]\n [15.183838] ? lock_is_held_type+0xd7/0x130\n [15.183838] ? find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]\n [15.183838] find_free_extent+0x15a/0x14f0 [btrfs]\n [15.183838] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x24/0x40\n [15.183838] ? btrfs_get_alloc_profile+0x106/0x230 [btrfs]\n [15.187601] btrfs_reserve_extent+0x131/0x260 [btrfs]\n [15.\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a85f05e59bc15a83ad910dbcb71df5ad8fa77295","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"09e65ae515af2b24d6dc23af21719a3b41de83e5"},{"version":"a85f05e59bc15a83ad910dbcb71df5ad8fa77295","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"142f822bd945a7be442a2916ec6167cc102c4183"},{"version":"a85f05e59bc15a83ad910dbcb71df5ad8fa77295","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0b9e66762aa0cda2a9c2d5542d64e04dac528fa6"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.16"},{"version":"5.16.20","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.16.*"},{"version":"5.17.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.17.*"},{"version":"5.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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