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CVE-2024-53136

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()" Revert d949d1d14fa2 ("mm: shmem: f…

Impact

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".

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 4.19.323 before 4.19.325
from 5.4.285 before 5.5
from 5.10.229 before 5.11
from 5.15.171 before 5.16
from 6.1.116 before 6.1.119
from 6.6.60 before 6.6.63

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References