Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()"

Revert d949d1d14fa2 ("mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()") as
suggested by Chuck [1]. It is causing deadlocks when accessing tmpfs over
NFS.

As Hugh commented, "added just to silence a syzbot sanitizer splat: added
where there has never been any practical problem".

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-53136

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 0.0

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5874c1150e77296565ad6e495ef41fbf87570d14
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e67e8694252c1bf01b802ee911be3fee62c36b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/901dc2ad7c3789fa87dc3956f6697c5d62d5cf7e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1aa0c04294e29883d65eac6c2f72fe95cc7c049

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