mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()"
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 94% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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".
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b537e8f302f670c7cf35d88a3a294443e32d52https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57cc8d253099d1b8627f0fb487ee011d9158ccc9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5874c1150e77296565ad6e495ef41fbf87570d14https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e67e8694252c1bf01b802ee911be3fee62c36bhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/901dc2ad7c3789fa87dc3956f6697c5d62d5cf7ehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c65022d89d5baa2cea8e87a6de983ea305f14chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1aa0c04294e29883d65eac6c2f72fe95cc7c049https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3f9d88c2c03b2646ace336236adca19f7697bd3https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html