PT-2025-18893 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2023-11-07 · Updated 2025-05-06 · CVE-2023-53129

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A deadlock issue during directory rename operations has been identified. The problem arises from incorrect lock ordering, where i rwsem is locked while transactions are started, contrary to the proper ordering of i rwsem -> transaction start used in directory handling operations. This issue has been addressed by adjusting the lock ordering in ext4 rename().

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-53129

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023_6583

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 18

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53129 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-53129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53129 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvetracker/22943 · Telegram Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b06c4ae64e3557a19b3bb0b6dbf641bc41fc218 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ef7f829214fa8f428d953b49557b89b2b02db66 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2bc806e95bde8de3a0d675051d9ae78dcf6c691 · Note
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050234-CVE-2023-53129-038a@gregkh/T · Note
• https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2023-53129 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1918379152803058053 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/3c92792da8506a295afb6d032b4476e46f979725 · Note