CVE-2023-52774

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.1-4.14.331 - NULL Pointer Dereference via Unprotected Device Queue Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/dasd: protect device queue against concurrent access In dasd_profile_start() the amount of requests on the device queue are counted. The access to the device queue is unprotected against concurrent access. With a lot of parallel I/O, especially with alias devices enabled, the device queue can change while dasd_profile_start() is accessing the queue. In the worst case this leads to a kernel panic due to incorrect pointer accesses. Fix this by taking the device lock before accessing the queue and counting the requests. Additionally the check for a valid profile data pointer can be done earlier to avoid unnecessary locking in a hot path.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 3.1
Linux/Linux 3.1
Linux/Linux 4.14.332 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.301 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4fa52aa7a82f9226b3874a69816bda3af821f002 - 6062c527d0403cef27c54b91ac8390c3a497b250
Linux/Linux 4fa52aa7a82f9226b3874a69816bda3af821f002 - 9372aab5d0ff621ea203c8c603e7e5f75e888240
Linux/Linux 4fa52aa7a82f9226b3874a69816bda3af821f002 - c841de6247e94e07566d57163d3c0d8b29278f7a
Linux/Linux 4fa52aa7a82f9226b3874a69816bda3af821f002 - db46cd1e0426f52999d50fa72cfa97fa39952885
Linux/Linux 4fa52aa7a82f9226b3874a69816bda3af821f002 - dc96fde8fcb2b896fd6c64802a7f4ece2e69b0be
Linux/Linux 4fa52aa7a82f9226b3874a69816bda3af821f002 - ebdc569a07a3e8dbe66b4184922ad6f88ac0b96f
... and 10 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026