CVE-2023-53848Deadlock in Linux

CWE-833Deadlock7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5-cache: fix a deadlock in r5l_exit_log() Commit b13015af94cf ("md/raid5-cache: Clear conf->log after finishing work") introduce a new problem: // caller hold reconfig_mutex r5l_exit_log flush_work(&log->disable_writeback_work) r5c_disable_writeback_async wait_event /* * conf->log is not NULL, and mddev_trylock() * will fail, wait_event() can never pass. */ conf->log = NULL Fix this problem by setting 'config->log' to

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.0.06.1.53+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.55-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxb13015af94cf405f73ff64ce0797269554020c37ac9e103f282a7854f3274ef5ff0742fbbe8d7d6b+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2023-53848: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5-cache: fix a deadlock in r5l_exit_log() Commit b13015af94cf ("md/raid5-ca2025-12-09
GHSA
GHSA-j393-rh49-r5p6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5-cache: fix a deadlock in r5l_exit_log() Commit b13015af94cf ("md/raid5-2025-12-09
OSV
md/raid5-cache: fix a deadlock in r5l_exit_log()2025-12-09

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: md/raid5-cache: fix a deadlock in r5l_exit_log()2025-12-09
Debian
CVE-2023-53848: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5-ca...2023

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2023-53848 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz