Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
audit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child()
Tracefs or debugfs maybe cause hundreds to thousands of PATH records,
too many PATH records maybe cause soft lockup.
For example:
1. CONFIG_KASAN=y && CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n
2. auditctl -a exit,always -S open -k key
3. sysctl -w kernel.watchdog_thresh=5
4. mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/test
There may be a soft lockup as follows:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#45 stuck for 7s! [mkdir:15498]
Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x30c
show_stack+0x20/0x30
dump_stack+0x11c/0x174
panic+0x27c/0x494
watchdog_timer_fn+0x2bc/0x390
__run_hrtimer+0x148/0x4fc
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x154/0x210
hrtimer_interrupt+0x2c4/0x760
arch_timer_handler_phys+0x48/0x60
handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xe0/0x340
__handle_domain_irq+0xbc/0x130
gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x460
el1_irq+0xb8/0x140
__audit_inode_child+0x240/0x7bc
tracefs_create_file+0x1b8/0x2a0
trace_create_file+0x18/0x50
event_create_dir+0x204/0x30c
__trace_add_new_event+0xac/0x100
event_trace_add_tracer+0xa0/0x130
trace_array_create_dir+0x60/0x140
trace_array_create+0x1e0/0x370
instance_mkdir+0x90/0xd0
tracefs_syscall_mkdir+0x68/0xa0
vfs_mkdir+0x21c/0x34c
do_mkdirat+0x1b4/0x1d4
__arm64_sys_mkdirat+0x4c/0x60
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x240
do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xc0
el0_svc+0x20/0x30
el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4
el0_sync+0x160/0x180
Therefore, we add cond_resched() to __audit_inode_child() to fix it.
audit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child()
Tracefs or debugfs maybe cause hundreds to thousands of PATH records,
too many PATH records maybe cause soft lockup.
For example:
1. CONFIG_KASAN=y && CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n
2. auditctl -a exit,always -S open -k key
3. sysctl -w kernel.watchdog_thresh=5
4. mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/test
There may be a soft lockup as follows:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#45 stuck for 7s! [mkdir:15498]
Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x30c
show_stack+0x20/0x30
dump_stack+0x11c/0x174
panic+0x27c/0x494
watchdog_timer_fn+0x2bc/0x390
__run_hrtimer+0x148/0x4fc
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x154/0x210
hrtimer_interrupt+0x2c4/0x760
arch_timer_handler_phys+0x48/0x60
handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xe0/0x340
__handle_domain_irq+0xbc/0x130
gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x460
el1_irq+0xb8/0x140
__audit_inode_child+0x240/0x7bc
tracefs_create_file+0x1b8/0x2a0
trace_create_file+0x18/0x50
event_create_dir+0x204/0x30c
__trace_add_new_event+0xac/0x100
event_trace_add_tracer+0xa0/0x130
trace_array_create_dir+0x60/0x140
trace_array_create+0x1e0/0x370
instance_mkdir+0x90/0xd0
tracefs_syscall_mkdir+0x68/0xa0
vfs_mkdir+0x21c/0x34c
do_mkdirat+0x1b4/0x1d4
__arm64_sys_mkdirat+0x4c/0x60
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x240
do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xc0
el0_svc+0x20/0x30
el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4
el0_sync+0x160/0x180
Therefore, we add cond_resched() to __audit_inode_child() to fix it.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child() Tracefs or debugfs maybe cause hundreds to thousands of PATH records, too many PATH records maybe cause soft lockup. For example: 1. CONFIG_KASAN=y && CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n 2. auditctl -a exit,always -S open -k key 3. sysctl -w kernel.watchdog_thresh=5 4. mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/test There may be a soft lockup as follows: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#45 stuck for 7s! [mkdir:15498] Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x30c show_stack+0x20/0x30 dump_stack+0x11c/0x174 panic+0x27c/0x494 watchdog_timer_fn+0x2bc/0x390 __run_hrtimer+0x148/0x4fc __hrtimer_run_queues+0x154/0x210 hrtimer_interrupt+0x2c4/0x760 arch_timer_handler_phys+0x48/0x60 handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xe0/0x340 __handle_domain_irq+0xbc/0x130 gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x460 el1_irq+0xb8/0x140 __audit_inode_child+0x240/0x7bc tracefs_create_file+0x1b8/0x2a0 trace_create_file+0x18/0x50 event_create_dir+0x204/0x30c __trace_add_new_event+0xac/0x100 event_trace_add_tracer+0xa0/0x130 trace_array_create_dir+0x60/0x140 trace_array_create+0x1e0/0x370 instance_mkdir+0x90/0xd0 tracefs_syscall_mkdir+0x68/0xa0 vfs_mkdir+0x21c/0x34c do_mkdirat+0x1b4/0x1d4 __arm64_sys_mkdirat+0x4c/0x60 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x240 do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xc0 el0_svc+0x20/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4 el0_sync+0x160/0x180 Therefore, we add cond_resched() to __audit_inode_child() to fix it. | |
| Title | audit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child() | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:54:27.312Z
Reserved: 2025-12-24T10:53:46.182Z
Link: CVE-2023-54045
Vulnrichment
No data.
NVD
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:06.147
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2023-54045
Redhat
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
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