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Unscored CVE-2023-54134 EUVD-2023-60311GHSA-8c3j-jg6j-52j2

autofs: fix memory leak of waitqueues in autofs_catatonic_mode

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

autofs: fix memory leak of waitqueues in autofs_catatonic_mode

Syzkaller reports a memory leak:

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810b279e00 (size 96):
comm "syz-executor399", pid 3631, jiffies 4294964921 (age 23.870s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 9e 27 0b 81 88 ff ff ..........'.....
08 9e 27 0b 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..'.............
backtrace:
[<ffffffff814cfc90>] kmalloc_trace+0x20/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1046
[<ffffffff81bb75ca>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:576 [inline]
[<ffffffff81bb75ca>] autofs_wait+0x3fa/0x9a0 fs/autofs/waitq.c:378
[<ffffffff81bb88a7>] autofs_do_expire_multi+0xa7/0x3e0 fs/autofs/expire.c:593
[<ffffffff81bb8c33>] autofs_expire_multi+0x53/0x80 fs/autofs/expire.c:619
[<ffffffff81bb6972>] autofs_root_ioctl_unlocked+0x322/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:897
[<ffffffff81bb6a95>] autofs_root_ioctl+0x25/0x30 fs/autofs/root.c:910
[<ffffffff81602a9c>] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
[<ffffffff81602a9c>] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
[<ffffffff81602a9c>] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
[<ffffffff81602a9c>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:856
[<ffffffff84608225>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
[<ffffffff84608225>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
[<ffffffff84800087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

autofs_wait_queue structs should be freed if their wait_ctr becomes zero.
Otherwise they will be lost.

In this case an AUTOFS_IOC_EXPIRE_MULTI ioctl is done, then a new
waitqueue struct is allocated in autofs_wait(), its initial wait_ctr
equals 2. After that wait_event_killable() is interrupted (it returns
-ERESTARTSYS), so that 'wq->name.name == NULL' condition may be not
satisfied. Actually, this condition can be satisfied when
autofs_wait_release() or autofs_catatonic_mode() is called and, what is
also important, wait_ctr is decremented in those places. Upon the exit of
autofs_wait(), wait_ctr is decremented to 1. Then the unmounting process
begins: kill_sb calls autofs_catatonic_mode(), which should have freed the
waitqueues, but it only decrements its usage counter to zero which is not
a correct behaviour.

edit:imk
This description is of course not correct. The umount performed as a result
of an expire is a umount of a mount that has been automounted, it's not the
autofs mount itself. They happen independently, usually after everything
mounted within the autofs file system has been expired away. If everything
hasn't been expired away the automount daemon can still exit leaving mounts
in place. But expires done in both cases will result in a notification that
calls autofs_wait_release() with a result status. The problem case is the
summary execution of of the automount daemon. In this case any waiting
processes won't be woken up until either they are terminated or the mount
is umounted.
end edit: imk

So in catatonic mode we should free waitqueues which counter becomes zero.

edit: imk
Initially I was concerned that the calling of autofs_wait_release() and
autofs_catatonic_mode() was not mutually exclusive but that can't be the
case (obviously) because the queue entry (or entries) is removed from the
list when either of these two functions are called. Consequently the wait
entry will be freed by only one of these functions or by the woken process
in autofs_wait() depending on the order of the calls.
end edit: imk

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.27 4.14.326

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 6.5.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.5.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.55-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1035.37 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-94.104 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1053.58 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1056.64 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1056.64.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1051.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1050.55 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1036.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1046.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1047.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1044.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1022.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1009.9 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1051.57 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1027.31 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-169.187 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1116.126 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1053.58~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1121.128 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1056.64~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1076.82 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1120.129 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1051.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-94.104~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1063.68 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1046.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1048.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1028.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1104.111 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1022.22~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1115.124 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1051.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1100.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1049.53~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1035.39 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1046.48 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1054.60 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1053.58+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-94.104+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1116.126+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1121.128+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1090.100 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1120.129+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1116.126~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1121.128~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1120.129~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-169.187~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1063.68~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1115.124~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1100.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1.150700.17.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.293.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_8 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_19 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.293.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_77 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.55-75.123 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-356
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.55-75.123.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-356
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.326-245.539 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2264
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.326-245.539.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2264

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