This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled btrfs: ref-verify: free ref cache before clearing mount opt to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: btrfs-ref-verify-free-ref-cache-before-clearing-mount-opt.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f03e274a8b29d1d1c1bbd7f764766cb5ca537ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 13:31:27 +0300 Subject: btrfs: ref-verify: free ref cache before clearing mount opt From: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx> commit f03e274a8b29d1d1c1bbd7f764766cb5ca537ab7 upstream. As clearing REF_VERIFY mount option indicates there were some errors in a ref-verify process, a ref cache is not relevant anymore and should be freed. btrfs_free_ref_cache() requires REF_VERIFY option being set so call it just before clearing the mount option. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller. Reported-by: syzbot+be14ed7728594dc8bd42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: fd708b81d972 ("Btrfs: add a extent ref verify tool") CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.4+ Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000e5a65c05ee832054@xxxxxxxxxx/ Reported-by: syzbot+c563a3c79927971f950f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0000000000007fe09705fdc6086c@xxxxxxxxxx/ Reviewed-by: Anand Jain <anand.jain@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c @@ -883,8 +883,10 @@ int btrfs_ref_tree_mod(struct btrfs_fs_i out_unlock: spin_unlock(&fs_info->ref_verify_lock); out: - if (ret) + if (ret) { + btrfs_free_ref_cache(fs_info); btrfs_clear_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, REF_VERIFY); + } return ret; } @@ -1013,8 +1015,8 @@ int btrfs_build_ref_tree(struct btrfs_fs } } if (ret) { - btrfs_clear_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, REF_VERIFY); btrfs_free_ref_cache(fs_info); + btrfs_clear_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, REF_VERIFY); } btrfs_free_path(path); return ret; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/ksmbd-free-ppace-array-on-error-in-parse_dacl.patch queue-5.15/btrfs-ref-verify-free-ref-cache-before-clearing-mount-opt.patch