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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52699

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52699 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sysv: don't call sb_bread() with pointers_lock held syzbot is reporting sleep in atomic context in SysV filesystem [1], for sb_bread() is called with rw_spinlock held. A "write_lock(&pointers_lock) => read_lock(&pointers_lock) deadlock" bug and a "sb_bread() with write_lock(&pointers_lock)" bug were introduced by "Replace BKL for chain locking with sysvfs-private rwlock" in Linux 2.5.12. Then, "[PATCH] err1-40: sysvfs locking fix" in Linux 2.6.8 fixed the former bug by moving pointers_lock lock to the callers, but instead introduced a "sb_bread() with read_lock(&pointers_lock)" bug (which made this problem easier to hit). Al Viro suggested that why not to do like get_branch()/get_block()/ find_shared() in Minix filesystem does. And doing like that is almost a revert of "[PATCH] err1-40: sysvfs locking fix" except that get_branch() from with find_shared() is called without write_lock(&pointers_lock).

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux6.1.55-1~bpo11+1, 6.1.64-1, 6.1.66-1
Debian:11linux5.10.46-4, 5.10.46-5, 5.10.70-1

Timeline

  • May 19, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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