CVE-2023-52638

can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2024 at 02:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock The following 3 locks would race against each other, causing the deadlock situation in the Syzbot bug report: - j1939_socks_lock - active_session_list_lock - sk_session_queue_lock A reasonable fix is to change j1939_socks_lock to an rwlock, since in the rare situations where a write lock is required for the linked list that j1939_socks_lock is protecting, the code does not attempt to acquire any more locks. This would break the circular lock dependency, where, for example, the current thread already locks j1939_socks_lock and attempts to acquire sk_session_queue_lock, and at the same time, another thread attempts to acquire j1939_socks_lock while holding sk_session_queue_lock. NOTE: This patch along does not fix the unregister_netdevice bug reported by Syzbot; instead, it solves a deadlock situation to prepare for one or more further patches to actually fix the Syzbot bug, which appears to be a reference counting problem within the j1939 codebase. [mkl: remove unrelated newline change]

Affected

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

v < 5.15.1495.15 ≤ v < 5.15.1495.15 ≤ v < 6.1.795.15 ≤ v < 6.6.185.15 ≤ v < 6.7.65.15 ≤ v < 6.85.16 ≤ v < 6.1.796.2 ≤ v < 6.6.186.7 ≤ v < 6.7.65b9272e93f2efe3f6cda60cc2c26817b2ce493866.8 rc16.8 rc26.8 rc36.8 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 03358aba991668d3bb2c65b3c82aa32c36851170 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26dfe112ec2e95fe0099681f6aec33da13c2dd8e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 559b6322f9480bff68cfa98d108991e945a4f284 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6cdedc18ba7b9dacc36466e27e3267d201948c8d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aedda066d717a0b4335d7e0a00b2e3a61e40afcf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.149 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.79 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03358aba991668d3bb2c65b3c82aa32c36851170
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26dfe112ec2e95fe0099681f6aec33da13c2dd8e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/559b6322f9480bff68cfa98d108991e945a4f284
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cdedc18ba7b9dacc36466e27e3267d201948c8d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aedda066d717a0b4335d7e0a00b2e3a61e40afcf

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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

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StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-667

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