CVE-2023-52623

SUNRPC: Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2024 at 05:19 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning I received the following warning while running cthon against an ontap server running pNFS: [ 57.202521] ============================= [ 57.202522] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage [ 57.202523] 6.7.0-rc3-g2cc14f52aeb7 #41492 Not tainted [ 57.202525] ----------------------------- [ 57.202525] net/sunrpc/xprtmultipath.c:349 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!! [ 57.202527] other info that might help us debug this: [ 57.202528] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 [ 57.202529] no locks held by test5/3567. [ 57.202530] stack backtrace: [ 57.202532] CPU: 0 PID: 3567 Comm: test5 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc3-g2cc14f52aeb7 #41492 5b09971b4965c0aceba19f3eea324a4a806e227e [ 57.202534] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 2/2/2022 [ 57.202536] Call Trace: [ 57.202537] <TASK> [ 57.202540] dump_stack_lvl+0x77/0xb0 [ 57.202551] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x154/0x1a0 [ 57.202556] rpc_xprt_switch_has_addr+0x17c/0x190 [sunrpc ebe02571b9a8ceebf7d98e71675af20c19bdb1f6] [ 57.202596] rpc_clnt_setup_test_and_add_xprt+0x50/0x180 [sunrpc ebe02571b9a8ceebf7d98e71675af20c19bdb1f6] [ 57.202621] ? rpc_clnt_add_xprt+0x254/0x300 [sunrpc ebe02571b9a8ceebf7d98e71675af20c19bdb1f6] [ 57.202646] rpc_clnt_add_xprt+0x27a/0x300 [sunrpc ebe02571b9a8ceebf7d98e71675af20c19bdb1f6] [ 57.202671] ? __pfx_rpc_clnt_setup_test_and_add_xprt+0x10/0x10 [sunrpc ebe02571b9a8ceebf7d98e71675af20c19bdb1f6] [ 57.202696] nfs4_pnfs_ds_connect+0x345/0x760 [nfsv4 c716d88496ded0ea6d289bbea684fa996f9b57a9] [ 57.202728] ? __pfx_nfs4_test_session_trunk+0x10/0x10 [nfsv4 c716d88496ded0ea6d289bbea684fa996f9b57a9] [ 57.202754] nfs4_fl_prepare_ds+0x75/0xc0 [nfs_layout_nfsv41_files e3a4187f18ae8a27b630f9feae6831b584a9360a] [ 57.202760] filelayout_write_pagelist+0x4a/0x200 [nfs_layout_nfsv41_files e3a4187f18ae8a27b630f9feae6831b584a9360a] [ 57.202765] pnfs_generic_pg_writepages+0xbe/0x230 [nfsv4 c716d88496ded0ea6d289bbea684fa996f9b57a9] [ 57.202788] __nfs_pageio_add_request+0x3fd/0x520 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202813] nfs_pageio_add_request+0x18b/0x390 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202831] nfs_do_writepage+0x116/0x1e0 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202849] nfs_writepages_callback+0x13/0x30 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202866] write_cache_pages+0x265/0x450 [ 57.202870] ? __pfx_nfs_writepages_callback+0x10/0x10 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202891] nfs_writepages+0x141/0x230 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202913] do_writepages+0xd2/0x230 [ 57.202917] ? filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x5c/0x80 [ 57.202921] filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x67/0x80 [ 57.202924] filemap_write_and_wait_range+0xd9/0x170 [ 57.202930] nfs_wb_all+0x49/0x180 [nfs 6c976fa593a7c2976f5a0aeb4965514a828e6902] [ 57.202947] nfs4_file_flush+0x72/0xb0 [nfsv4 c716d88496ded0ea6d289bbea684fa996f9b57a9] [ 57.202969] __se_sys_close+0x46/0xd0 [ 57.202972] do_syscall_64+0x68/0x100 [ 57.202975] ? do_syscall_64+0x77/0x100 [ 57.202976] ? do_syscall_64+0x77/0x100 [ 57.202979] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 [ 57.202982] RIP: 0033:0x7fe2b12e4a94 [ 57.202985] Code: 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d d5 18 0e 00 00 74 13 b8 03 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 44 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 18 89 7c 24 0c e8 c3 [ 57.202987] RSP: 002b:00007ffe857ddb38 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003 [ 57.202989] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffe857dfd68 RCX: 00007fe2b12e4a94 [ 57.202991] RDX: 0000000000002000 RSI: 00007ffe857ddc40 RDI: 0000000000000003 [ 57.202992] RBP: 00007ffe857dfc50 R08: 7fffffffffffffff R09: 0000000065650f49 [ 57.202993] R10: 00007f ---truncated---

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2694.9 ≤ v < 4.19.3074.9 ≤ v < 5.10.2104.9 ≤ v < 5.15.1494.9 ≤ v < 5.4.2694.9 ≤ v < 6.1.774.9 ≤ v < 6.6.164.9 ≤ v < 6.7.44.9 ≤ v < 6.85.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1495.16 ≤ v < 6.1.775.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2106.2 ≤ v < 6.6.166.7 ≤ v < 6.7.439e5d2df959dd4aea81fa33d765d2a5cc67a05124.9
Vendor states this is fixed in 31b62908693c90d4d07db597e685d9f25a120073 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 69c7eeb4f622c2a28da965f970f982db171f3dc6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7a96d85bf196c170dcf1b47a82e9bb97cca69aa6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f860c8407470baff2beb9982ad6b172c94f1d0a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c430e6bb43955c6bf573665fcebf31694925b9f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e8ca3e73301e23e8c0ac0ce2e6bac4545cd776e0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f8cf4dabbdcb8bef85335b0ed7ad5b25fd82ff56 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fece80a2a6718ed58487ce397285bb1b83a3e54e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.307 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.149 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.269 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.77 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31b62908693c90d4d07db597e685d9f25a120073
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69c7eeb4f622c2a28da965f970f982db171f3dc6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a96d85bf196c170dcf1b47a82e9bb97cca69aa6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f860c8407470baff2beb9982ad6b172c94f1d0a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c430e6bb43955c6bf573665fcebf31694925b9f7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ca3e73301e23e8c0ac0ce2e6bac4545cd776e0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8cf4dabbdcb8bef85335b0ed7ad5b25fd82ff56
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fece80a2a6718ed58487ce397285bb1b83a3e54e

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-22

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