CVE-2023-53823
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block/rq_qos: protect rq_qos apis with a new lock commit 50e34d78815e ("block: disable the elevator int del_gendisk") move rq_qos_exit() from disk_release() to del_gendisk(), this will introduce some problems: 1) If rq_qos_add() is triggered by enabling iocost/iolatency through cgroupfs, then it can concurrent with del_gendisk(), it's not safe to write 'q->rq_qos' concurrently. 2) Activate cgroup policy that is relied on rq_qos will call rq_qos_add() and blkcg_activate_policy(), and if rq_qos_exit() is called in the middle, null-ptr-dereference will be triggered in blkcg_activate_policy(). 3) blkg_conf_open_bdev() can call blkdev_get_no_open() first to find the disk, then if rq_qos_exit() from del_gendisk() is done before rq_qos_add(), then memory will be leaked. This patch add a new disk level mutex 'rq_qos_mutex': 1) The lock will protect rq_qos_exit() directly. 2) For wbt that doesn't relied on blk-cgroup, rq_qos_add() can only be called from disk initialization for now because wbt can't be destructed until rq_qos_exit(), so it's safe not to protect wbt for now. Hoever, in case that rq_qos dynamically destruction is supported in the furture, this patch also protect rq_qos_add() from wbt_init() directly, this is enough because blk-sysfs already synchronize writers with disk removal. 3) For iocost and iolatency, in order to synchronize disk removal and cgroup configuration, the lock is held after blkdev_get_no_open() from blkg_conf_open_bdev(), and is released in blkg_conf_exit(). In order to fix the above memory leak, disk_live() is checked after holding the new lock.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
5.18.8,
5.19
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.4.4,
6.5
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53823 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16398b4638b5cd8c1dc95fc940a1591a801d53ce
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13bd91be22318768d55470cbc0b0f4488ef9edf
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2023-53823?
CVE-2023-53823 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.18.8 onward and has been patched in 6.4.4 and 6.5. CVE-2023-53823 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53823?
Yes — CVE-2023-53823 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.4.4 and 6.5. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2023-53823 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2023-53823 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.