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CVE-2023-53089— ext4: fix task hung in ext4_xattr_delete_inode

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ext4_xattr_delete_inode导致任务挂起。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.19% · P9

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< efddc7e106fdf8d1f62d45e79de78f63b7c04fba affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< 64b72f5e7574020dea62ab733d88a54d903c42a1 affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< 2c96c52aeaa6fd9163cfacdd98778b4a0398ef18 affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< a98160d8f3e6242ca9b7f443f26e7ef3a61ba684 affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< 1aec41c98cce61d19ce89650895e51b9f3cdef13 affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< 94fd091576b12540924f6316ebc0678e84cb2800 affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< 73f7987fe1b82596f1a380e85cd0097ebaae7e01 affected
e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee< 0f7bfd6f8164be32dbbdf36aa1e5d00485c53cd7 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53089

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Vulnerability Title
ext4: fix task hung in ext4_xattr_delete_inode
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix task hung in ext4_xattr_delete_inode Syzbot reported a hung task problem: ================================================================== INFO: task syz-executor232:5073 blocked for more than 143 seconds. Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-syzkaller-00024-g512dee0c00ad #0 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:syz-exec232 state:D stack:21024 pid:5073 ppid:5072 flags:0x00004004 Call Trace: <TASK> context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline] __schedule+0x995/0xe20 kernel/sched/core.c:6555 schedule+0xcb/0x190 kernel/sched/core.c:6631 __wait_on_freeing_inode fs/inode.c:2196 [inline] find_inode_fast+0x35a/0x4c0 fs/inode.c:950 iget_locked+0xb1/0x830 fs/inode.c:1273 __ext4_iget+0x22e/0x3ed0 fs/ext4/inode.c:4861 ext4_xattr_inode_iget+0x68/0x4e0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:389 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all+0x1a7/0xe50 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1148 ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0xb04/0xcd0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2880 ext4_evict_inode+0xd7c/0x10b0 fs/ext4/inode.c:296 evict+0x2a4/0x620 fs/inode.c:664 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0xb60/0x1340 fs/ext4/orphan.c:474 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5516 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x81cd/0x8700 fs/ext4/super.c:5644 get_tree_bdev+0x400/0x620 fs/super.c:1282 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1489 do_new_mount+0x289/0xad0 fs/namespace.c:3145 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3488 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3697 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x2d3/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3674 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7fa5406fd5ea RSP: 002b:00007ffc7232f968 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007fa5406fd5ea RDX: 0000000020000440 RSI: 0000000020000000 RDI: 00007ffc7232f970 RBP: 00007ffc7232f970 R08: 00007ffc7232f9b0 R09: 0000000000000432 R10: 0000000000804a03 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000004 R13: 0000555556a7a2c0 R14: 00007ffc7232f9b0 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> ================================================================== The problem is that the inode contains an xattr entry with ea_inum of 15 when cleaning up an orphan inode <15>. When evict inode <15>, the reference counting of the corresponding EA inode is decreased. When EA inode <15> is found by find_inode_fast() in __ext4_iget(), it is found that the EA inode holds the I_FREEING flag and waits for the EA inode to complete deletion. As a result, when inode <15> is being deleted, we wait for inode <15> to complete the deletion, resulting in an infinite loop and triggering Hung Task. To solve this problem, we only need to check whether the ino of EA inode and parent is the same before getting EA inode.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ext4_xattr_delete_inode导致任务挂起。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux e50e5129f384ae282adebfb561189cdb19b81cee ~ efddc7e106fdf8d1f62d45e79de78f63b7c04fba -
Linux Linux 4.13 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2023-53089 (8)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-05-02 · 107 CVEs total

CVE-2023-53116 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet: avoid potential UAF in nvmet_req_complete()
CVE-2023-53083 9.8 CRITICAL nfsd: don't replace page in rq_pages if it's a continuation of last page
CVE-2023-53086 8.8 HIGH wifi: mt76: connac: do not check WED status for non-mmio devices
CVE-2025-37798 7.8 HIGH codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()
CVE-2023-53138 7.8 HIGH net: caif: Fix use-after-free in cfusbl_device_notify()
CVE-2023-53111 7.8 HIGH loop: Fix use-after-free issues
CVE-2023-53107 7.8 HIGH veth: Fix use after free in XDP_REDIRECT
CVE-2023-53102 7.8 HIGH ice: xsk: disable txq irq before flushing hw
CVE-2023-53100 7.8 HIGH ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data
CVE-2023-53094 7.8 HIGH tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: fix race on RX DMA shutdown
CVE-2023-53090 7.8 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Fix an illegal memory access
CVE-2023-53088 7.8 HIGH mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown
CVE-2023-53087 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/active: Fix misuse of non-idle barriers as fence trackers
CVE-2023-53084 7.8 HIGH drm/shmem-helper: Remove another errant put in error path
CVE-2023-53080 7.8 HIGH xsk: Add missing overflow check in xdp_umem_reg
CVE-2023-53072 7.8 HIGH mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets
CVE-2023-53065 7.8 HIGH perf/core: Fix perf_output_begin parameter is incorrectly invoked in perf_event_bpf_output
CVE-2023-53057 7.8 HIGH Bluetooth: HCI: Fix global-out-of-bounds
CVE-2023-53052 7.8 HIGH cifs: fix use-after-free bug in refresh_cache_worker()
CVE-2023-53043 7.8 HIGH arm64: dts: qcom: sc7280: Mark PCIe controller as cache coherent

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