CVE-2024-53136 — Race Condition in Linux
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 4
Latest updateApr 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()"
Revert d949d1d14fa2 ("mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()") as
suggested by Chuck [1]. It is causing deadlocks when accessing tmpfs over
NFS.
As Hugh commented, "added just to silence a syzbot sanitizer splat: added
where there has never been any practical problem".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages8 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9fb9703cd43ee20a6de8ccdef991677b7274cec0 — 36b537e8f302f670c7cf35d88a3a294443e32d52+14