`RewindBlockIndex` reads `chainActive` (via `ChainActive()`) without holding `cs_main`:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/b2a6b0216192b6e8428f1a80b47f5178fccb961a/src/validation.cpp#L4314-L4331

(Please note that callers of `RewindBlockIndex` are _not_ allowed to hold `cs_main` since `RewindBlockIndex` indirectly calls `LimitValidationInterfaceQueue`.)
{
    FlatFilePos blockPos;
    {
        LOCK(cs_main);
        blockPos = pindex->GetBlockPos();
    }
    if (!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, blockPos, consensusParams))
        return false;
    if (block.GetHash() != pindex->GetBlockHash())
        return error("ReadBlockFromDisk(CBlock&, CBlockIndex*): GetHash() doesn't match index for %s at %s",
                pindex->ToString(), pindex->GetBlockPos().ToString());
    return true;
}
bool ReadRawBlockFromDisk(std::vector<uint8_t>& block, const FlatFilePos& pos, const CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars& message_start)