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CVE-2023-53149— ext4: avoid deadlock in fs reclaim with page writeback

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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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_writepages中的文件系统范围锁可能导致死锁情况。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.12% · P2

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux c8585c6fcaf2011de54c3592e80a634a2b9e1a7f< 2ec97dc90df40c50e509809dc9a198638a7e18b6 affected
c8585c6fcaf2011de54c3592e80a634a2b9e1a7f< 4b4340bf04ce9a52061f15000ecedd126abc093c affected
c8585c6fcaf2011de54c3592e80a634a2b9e1a7f< 00d873c17e29cc32d90ca852b82685f1673acaa5 affected
4.7 affected
< 4.7 unaffected
6.2.16≤ 6.2.* unaffected
6.3.3≤ 6.3.* unaffected
6.4≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53149

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Vulnerability Title
ext4: avoid deadlock in fs reclaim with page writeback
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid deadlock in fs reclaim with page writeback Ext4 has a filesystem wide lock protecting ext4_writepages() calls to avoid races with switching of journalled data flag or inode format. This lock can however cause a deadlock like: CPU0 CPU1 ext4_writepages() percpu_down_read(sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); ext4_change_inode_journal_flag() percpu_down_write(sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); - blocks, all readers block from now on ext4_do_writepages() ext4_init_io_end() kmem_cache_zalloc(io_end_cachep, GFP_KERNEL) fs_reclaim frees dentry... dentry_unlink_inode() iput() - last ref => iput_final() - inode dirty => write_inode_now()... ext4_writepages() tries to acquire sbi->s_writepages_rwsem and blocks forever Make sure we cannot recurse into filesystem reclaim from writeback code to avoid the deadlock.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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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_writepages中的文件系统范围锁可能导致死锁情况。
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 c8585c6fcaf2011de54c3592e80a634a2b9e1a7f ~ 2ec97dc90df40c50e509809dc9a198638a7e18b6 -
Linux Linux 4.7 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-09-15 · 210 CVEs total

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CVE-2023-53186 8.1 HIGH skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs
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CVE-2023-53170 7.8 HIGH net: dsa: Removed unneeded of_node_put in felix_parse_ports_node
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CVE-2023-53179 7.8 HIGH netfilter: ipset: add the missing IP_SET_HASH_WITH_NET0 macro for ip_set_hash_netportnet.c
CVE-2023-53184 7.8 HIGH arm64/sme: Set new vector length before reallocating
CVE-2022-50315 7.8 HIGH ata: ahci: Match EM_MAX_SLOTS with SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS
CVE-2023-53189 7.8 HIGH ipv6/addrconf: fix a potential refcount underflow for idev
CVE-2023-53216 7.8 HIGH arm64: efi: Make efi_rt_lock a raw_spinlock

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