CVE-2023-52836

EUVD-2023-59550
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

locking/ww_mutex/test: Fix potential workqueue corruption

In some cases running with the test-ww_mutex code, I was seeing
odd behavior where sometimes it seemed flush_workqueue was
returning before all the work threads were finished.

Often this would cause strange crashes as the mutexes would be
freed while they were being used.

Looking at the code, there is a lifetime problem as the
controlling thread that spawns the work allocates the
"struct stress" structures that are passed to the workqueue
threads. Then when the workqueue threads are finished,
they free the stress struct that was passed to them.

Unfortunately the workqueue work_struct node is in the stress
struct. Which means the work_struct is freed before the work
thread returns and while flush_workqueue is waiting.

It seems like a better idea to have the controlling thread
both allocate and free the stress structures, so that we can
be sure we don't corrupt the workqueue by freeing the structure
prematurely.

So this patch reworks the test to do so, and with this change
I no longer see the early flush_workqueue returns.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 3%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
< 4.14.331
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.300
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.262
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.202
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.140
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.64
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.5.13
linuxlinux_kernel
6.6 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.115-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.119-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
sid
6.12.6-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.6-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
bionic
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released
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released
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dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-5.17
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-5.6
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-6.0
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-6.1
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-6.11
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
not-affected
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-6.5
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
not-affected
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle
bionic
ignored
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1119.128
released
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1053.59
released
mantic
ignored
noble
not-affected
oracular
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-oracle-5.0
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.11
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.13
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1053.59~20.04.1
released
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.4
bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1119.128~18.04.1
released
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.8
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-6.5
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi
bionic
dne
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1104.116
released
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1048.51
released
mantic
ignored
noble
not-affected
oracular
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi-5.4
bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1104.116~18.04.1
released
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi2
bionic
ignored
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
oracular
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
not-affected
oracular
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-5.11
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1051.55~20.04.1
released
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-5.19
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-5.8
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-6.5
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-starfive
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
mantic
ignored
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-starfive-5.19
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-starfive-6.2
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-starfive-6.5
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
bionic
dne
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1039.43
released
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1030.34
released
mantic
dne
noble
dne
oracular
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne