CVE-2024-27031 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateJul 4
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFS: Fix nfs_netfs_issue_read() xarray locking for writeback interrupt
The loop inside nfs_netfs_issue_read() currently does not disable
interrupts while iterating through pages in the xarray to submit
for NFS read. This is not safe though since after taking xa_lock,
another page in the mapping could be processed for writeback inside
an interrupt, and deadlock can occur. The fix is simple and clean
if we use xa_for_each_range(…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux000dbe0bec058cbf2ca9e156e4a5584f5158b0f9 — ad27382f8495f8ef6d2c66c413d756bfd13c0598+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
7📋Vendor Advisories
8💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2024-27031 kernel: NFS: Fix nfs_netfs_issue_read() xarray locking for writeback interrupt↗2024-05-01