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).
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-3840-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-3842-1 | linux-5.10 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6893-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6893-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6893-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6896-5 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-3 | Linux kernel kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6898-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6917-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6918-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6919-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6927-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7019-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Debian
Debian debian Linux Linux Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-667 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Debian
Debian debian Linux Linux Linux linux Kernel |
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
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Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000
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Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-833 |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:31:56.467Z
Reserved: 2024-03-07T14:49:46.890Z
Link: CVE-2023-52699
Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:35.577Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-05-19T11:15:47.507
Modified: 2025-04-04T14:24:16.360
Link: CVE-2023-52699
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