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CKI KWF Bot cd55114282 Merge: CVE-2026-23168: flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe
MR: https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/src/kernel/centos-stream-10/-/merge_requests/2835

JIRA: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHEL-189660
CVE: CVE-2026-23168

Backported from tree(s): linux

```
flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe

Bernd has reported a lockdep splat from flexible proportions code that is
essentially complaining about the following race:

<timer fires>
run_timer_softirq - we are in softirq context
  call_timer_fn
    writeout_period
      fprop_new_period
        write_seqcount_begin(&p->sequence);

        <hardirq is raised>
        ...
        blk_mq_end_request()
	  blk_update_request()
	    ext4_end_bio()
	      folio_end_writeback()
		__wb_writeout_add()
		  __fprop_add_percpu_max()
		    if (unlikely(max_frac < FPROP_FRAC_BASE)) {
		      fprop_fraction_percpu()
			seq = read_seqcount_begin(&p->sequence);
			  - sees odd sequence so loops indefinitely

Note that a deadlock like this is only possible if the bdi has configured
maximum fraction of writeout throughput which is very rare in general but
frequent for example for FUSE bdis.  To fix this problem we have to make
sure write section of the sequence counter is irqsafe.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260121112729.24463-2-jack@suse.cz
Fixes: a91befde35 ("lib/flex_proportions.c: remove local_irq_ops in fprop_new_period()")
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reported-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd@bsbernd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/9b845a47-9aee-43dd-99bc-1a82bea00442@bsbernd.com/
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit dd9e2f5b38f1fdd49b1ab6d3a85f81c14369eacc)

```

Signed-off-by: CKI Backport Bot <cki-ci-bot+cki-gitlab-backport-bot@redhat.com>
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Approved-by: Rafael Aquini <raquini@redhat.com>
Approved-by: Herton R. Krzesinski <herton@redhat.com>
Approved-by: CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com>

Merged-by: CKI GitLab Kmaint Pipeline Bot <26919896-cki-kmaint-pipeline-bot@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
2026-07-15 15:02:43 +00:00
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