`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`.)
bool fNotify = false;
    bool fInitialBlockDownload = false;
    static CBlockIndex* pindexHeaderOld = nullptr;
    CBlockIndex* pindexHeader = nullptr;
    {
        LOCK(cs_main);
        pindexHeader = pindexBestHeader;
        if (pindexHeader != pindexHeaderOld) {
            fNotify = true;
            fInitialBlockDownload = IsInitialBlockDownload();
            pindexHeaderOld = pindexHeader;
        }
    }
    
    if (fNotify) {
        uiInterface.NotifyHeaderTip(fInitialBlockDownload, pindexHeader);
    }
}
static void LimitValidationInterfaceQueue() LOCKS_EXCLUDED(cs_main) {