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Unscored CVE-2023-52982 EUVD-2023-59738GHSA-3cvm-96rv-2mw4

fscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume

The freeing of relinquished volume will wake up the pending volume
acquisition by using wake_up_bit(), however it is mismatched with
wait_var_event() used in fscache_wait_on_volume_collision() and it will
never wake up the waiter in the wait-queue because these two functions
operate on different wait-queues.

According to the implementation in fscache_wait_on_volume_collision(),
if the wake-up of pending acquisition is delayed longer than 20 seconds
(e.g., due to the delay of on-demand fd closing), the first
wait_var_event_timeout() will timeout and the following wait_var_event()
will hang forever as shown below:

FS-Cache: Potential volume collision new=00000024 old=00000022
......
INFO: task mount:1148 blocked for more than 122 seconds.
Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6+ #1
task:mount state:D stack:0 pid:1148 ppid:1
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__schedule+0x2f6/0xb80
schedule+0x67/0xe0
fscache_wait_on_volume_collision.cold+0x80/0x82
__fscache_acquire_volume+0x40d/0x4e0
erofs_fscache_register_volume+0x51/0xe0 [erofs]
erofs_fscache_register_fs+0x19c/0x240 [erofs]
erofs_fc_fill_super+0x746/0xaf0 [erofs]
vfs_get_super+0x7d/0x100
get_tree_nodev+0x16/0x20
erofs_fc_get_tree+0x20/0x30 [erofs]
vfs_get_tree+0x24/0xb0
path_mount+0x2fa/0xa90
do_mount+0x7c/0xa0
__x64_sys_mount+0x8b/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x30/0x60
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Considering that wake_up_bit() is more selective, so fix it by using
wait_on_bit() instead of wait_var_event() to wait for the freeing of
relinquished volume. In addition because waitqueue_active() is used in
wake_up_bit() and clear_bit() doesn't imply any memory barrier, use
clear_and_wake_up_bit() to add the missing memory barrier between
cursor->flags and waitqueue_active().

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.17 6.1.11

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.11-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.94.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01640-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_26 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.12-17.42 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-132
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.12-17.42.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-132

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