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

IB/ipoib: Fix mcast list locking

Releasing the `priv->lock` while iterating the `priv->multicast_list` in
`ipoib_mcast_join_task()` opens a window for `ipoib_mcast_dev_flush()` to
remove the items while in the middle of iteration. If the mcast is removed
while the lock was dropped, the for loop spins forever resulting in a hard
lockup (as was reported on RHEL 4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6 kernel):

Task A (kworker/u72:2 below) | Task B (kworker/u72:0 below)
-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------
ipoib_mcast_join_task(work) | ipoib_ib_dev_flush_light(work)
spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock) | __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(priv, ...)
list_for_each_entry(mcast, | ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(dev = priv->dev)
&priv->multicast_list, list) |
ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast) |
spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock) |
| spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags)
| list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast,
| &priv->multicast_list, list)
| list_del(&mcast->list);
| list_add_tail(&mcast->list, &remove_list)
| spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags)
spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock) |
| ipoib_mcast_remove_list(&remove_list)
(Here, `mcast` is no longer on the | list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast,
`priv->multicast_list` and we keep | remove_list, list)
spinning on the `remove_list` of | >>> wait_for_completion(&mcast->done)
the other thread which is blocked |
and the list is still valid on |
it's stack.)

Fix this by keeping the lock held and changing to GFP_ATOMIC to prevent
eventual sleeps.
Unfortunately we could not reproduce the lockup and confirm this fix but
based on the code review I think this fix should address such lockups.

crash> bc 31
PID: 747 TASK: ff1c6a1a007e8000 CPU: 31 COMMAND: "kworker/u72:2"
--
[exception RIP: ipoib_mcast_join_task+0x1b1]
RIP: ffffffffc0944ac1 RSP: ff646f199a8c7e00 RFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ff1c6a1a04dc82f8 RCX: 0000000000000000
work (&priv->mcast_task{,.work})
RDX: ff1c6a192d60ac68 RSI: 0000000000000286 RDI: ff1c6a1a04dc8000
&mcast->list
RBP: ff646f199a8c7e90 R8: ff1c699980019420 R9: ff1c6a1920c9a000
R10: ff646f199a8c7e00 R11: ff1c6a191a7d9800 R12: ff1c6a192d60ac00
mcast
R13: ff1c6a1d82200000 R14: ff1c6a1a04dc8000 R15: ff1c6a1a04dc82d8
dev priv (&priv->lock) &priv->multicast_list (aka head)
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018
--- <NMI exception stack> ---
#5 [ff646f199a8c7e00] ipoib_mcast_join_task+0x1b1 at ffffffffc0944ac1 [ib_ipoib]
#6 [ff646f199a8c7e98] process_one_work+0x1a7 at ffffffff9bf10967

crash> rx ff646f199a8c7e68
ff646f199a8c7e68: ff1c6a1a04dc82f8 <<< work = &priv->mcast_task.work

crash> list -hO ipoib_dev_priv.multicast_list ff1c6a1a04dc8000
(empty)

crash> ipoib_dev_priv.mcast_task.work.func,mcast_mutex.owner.counter ff1c6a1a04dc8000
mcast_task.work.func = 0xffffffffc0944910 <ipoib_mcast_join_task>,
mcast_mutex.owner.counter = 0xff1c69998efec000

crash> b 8
PID: 8 TASK: ff1c69998efec000 CPU: 33 COMMAND: "kworker/u72:0"
--
#3 [ff646f1980153d50] wait_for_completion+0x96 at ffffffff9c7d7646
#4 [ff646f1980153d90] ipoib_mcast_remove_list+0x56 at ffffffffc0944dc6 [ib_ipoib]
#5 [ff646f1980153de8] ipoib_mcast_dev_flush+0x1a7 at ffffffffc09455a7 [ib_ipoib]
#6 [ff646f1980153e58] __ipoib_ib_dev_flush+0x1a4 at ffffffffc09431a4 [ib_ipoib]
#7 [ff
---truncated---
Published: 2024-03-06
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6688-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6766-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6766-3 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6767-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6767-2 Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6795-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-2 Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-3 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-3 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-4 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6828-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-667
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000


Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:29:51.510Z

Reserved: 2024-03-02T21:55:42.570Z

Link: CVE-2023-52587

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Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:21.201Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-06T07:15:07.633

Modified: 2025-02-14T16:39:59.647

Link: CVE-2023-52587

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52587 - Bugzilla

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