CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-52583

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the Ceph filesystem has an incorrect lock order between a directory entry and its parent, leading to a deadlock or dead code. The fix removes the unused code.

Risk Assessment

A deadlock can cause file operations to hang, and dead code may hide logical errors.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update that includes the fix removing the problematic code.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix deadlock or deadcode of misusing dget() The lock order is incorrect between denty and its parent, we should always make sure that the parent get the lock first. But since this deadcode is never used and the parent dir will always be set from the callers, let's just remove it.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS