Bug 2330346 (CVE-2024-53136) - CVE-2024-53136 kernel: mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()"
Summary: CVE-2024-53136 kernel: mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()"
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-53136
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2330498
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-12-04 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-13 08:36 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:6966 0 None None None 2025-05-13 08:36:28 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-04 15:01:51 UTC 
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".
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-05 04:24:37 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024120452-CVE-2024-53136-f7f8@gregkh/T
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:36:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
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