CVE-2023-54324 — Improper Resource Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm: fix a race condition in retrieve_deps
There's a race condition in the multipath target when retrieve_deps
races with multipath_message calling dm_get_device and dm_put_device.
retrieve_deps walks the list of open devices without holding any lock
but multipath may add or remove devices to the list while it is
running. The end result may be memory corruption or use-after-free
memory access.
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Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — dbf1a719850577bb51fc7512a3972994b797a17b+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2023-54324: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix a race condition in retrieve_deps There's a race condition in the multipat↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-jp9m-rpm6-97j7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm: fix a race condition in retrieve_deps
There's a race condition in the multip↗2025-12-30