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Message-ID: <2025091515-CVE-2023-53233-8c6b@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:22:07 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-cve-announce@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>
Subject: CVE-2023-53233: net/smc: fix deadlock triggered by cancel_delayed_work_syn()
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...nel.org>
Description
===========
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: fix deadlock triggered by cancel_delayed_work_syn()
The following LOCKDEP was detected:
Workqueue: events smc_lgr_free_work [smc]
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.1.0-20221027.rc2.git8.56bc5b569087.300.fc36.s390x+debug #1 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
kworker/3:0/176251 is trying to acquire lock:
00000000f1467148 ((wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: __flush_workqueue+0x7a/0x4f0
but task is already holding lock:
0000037fffe97dc8 ((work_completion)(&(&lgr->free_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: process_one_work+0x232/0x730
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #4 ((work_completion)(&(&lgr->free_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
__lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8
lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248
lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8
__flush_work+0x76/0xf0
__cancel_work_timer+0x170/0x220
__smc_lgr_terminate.part.0+0x34/0x1c0 [smc]
smc_connect_rdma+0x15e/0x418 [smc]
__smc_connect+0x234/0x480 [smc]
smc_connect+0x1d6/0x230 [smc]
__sys_connect+0x90/0xc0
__do_sys_socketcall+0x186/0x370
__do_syscall+0x1da/0x208
system_call+0x82/0xb0
-> #3 (smc_client_lgr_pending){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8
lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248
lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8
__mutex_lock+0x96/0x8e8
mutex_lock_nested+0x32/0x40
smc_connect_rdma+0xa4/0x418 [smc]
__smc_connect+0x234/0x480 [smc]
smc_connect+0x1d6/0x230 [smc]
__sys_connect+0x90/0xc0
__do_sys_socketcall+0x186/0x370
__do_syscall+0x1da/0x208
system_call+0x82/0xb0
-> #2 (sk_lock-AF_SMC){+.+.}-{0:0}:
__lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8
lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248
lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8
lock_sock_nested+0x46/0xa8
smc_tx_work+0x34/0x50 [smc]
process_one_work+0x30c/0x730
worker_thread+0x62/0x420
kthread+0x138/0x150
__ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58
ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40
-> #1 ((work_completion)(&(&smc->conn.tx_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
__lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8
lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248
lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8
process_one_work+0x2bc/0x730
worker_thread+0x62/0x420
kthread+0x138/0x150
__ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58
ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40
-> #0 ((wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2){+.+.}-{0:0}:
check_prev_add+0xd8/0xe88
validate_chain+0x70c/0xb20
__lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8
lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248
lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8
__flush_workqueue+0xaa/0x4f0
drain_workqueue+0xaa/0x158
destroy_workqueue+0x44/0x2d8
smc_lgr_free+0x9e/0xf8 [smc]
process_one_work+0x30c/0x730
worker_thread+0x62/0x420
kthread+0x138/0x150
__ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58
ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
(wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2
--> smc_client_lgr_pending
--> (work_completion)(&(&lgr->free_work)->work)
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock((work_completion)(&(&lgr->free_work)->work));
lock(smc_client_lgr_pending);
lock((work_completion)
(&(&lgr->free_work)->work));
lock((wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2);
*** DEADLOCK ***
2 locks held by kworker/3:0/176251:
#0: 0000000080183548
((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: process_one_work+0x232/0x730
#1: 0000037fffe97dc8
((work_completion)
(&(&lgr->free_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0},
at: process_one_work+0x232/0x730
stack backtrace:
CPU: 3 PID: 176251 Comm: kworker/3:0 Not tainted
Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 701 (z/VM 7.2.0)
Call Trace:
[<000000002983c3e4>] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x100
[<0000000028b477ae>] check_noncircular+0x13e/0x160
[<0000000028b48808>] check_prev_add+0xd8/0xe88
[<0000000028b49cc4>] validate_chain+0x70c/0xb20
[<0000000028b4bd26>] __lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8
[<0000000028b4cf6a>] lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248
[<0000000028b4d17c>] lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8
[<0000000028addaaa>] __flush_workqueue+0xaa/0x4f0
[<0000000028addf9a>] drain_workqueue+0xaa/0x158
[<0000000028ae303c>] destroy_workqueue+0x44/0x2d8
[<000003ff8029af26>] smc_lgr_free+0x9e/0xf8 [smc]
[<0000000028adf3d4>] process_one_work+0x30c/0x730
[<0000000028adf85a>] worker_thread+0x62/0x420
[<0000000028aeac50>] kthread+0x138/0x150
[<0000000028a63914>] __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58
[<00000000298503da>] ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
===================================================================
This deadlock occurs because cancel_delayed_work_sync() waits for
the work(&lgr->free_work) to finish, while the &lgr->free_work
waits for the work(lgr->tx_wq), which needs the sk_lock-AF_SMC, that
is already used under the mutex_lock.
The solution is to use cancel_delayed_work() instead, which kills
off a pending work.
The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2023-53233 to this issue.
Affected and fixed versions
===========================
Issue introduced in 5.8 with commit a52bcc919b14c9d78f03b2b4ff604e5ca69c7e6d and fixed in 5.10.176 with commit 9708efad9ba5095b9bb7916e11a135b3bd66c071
Issue introduced in 5.8 with commit a52bcc919b14c9d78f03b2b4ff604e5ca69c7e6d and fixed in 5.15.104 with commit b615238e5bc01e13dc0610febddc1ca99bab1df6
Issue introduced in 5.8 with commit a52bcc919b14c9d78f03b2b4ff604e5ca69c7e6d and fixed in 6.1.21 with commit 3517584cf1b35bd02f4a90267ddf9dcf17bd9c87
Issue introduced in 5.8 with commit a52bcc919b14c9d78f03b2b4ff604e5ca69c7e6d and fixed in 6.2.8 with commit c9ca2257150272df1b8d9ebe5059197ffea6e913
Issue introduced in 5.8 with commit a52bcc919b14c9d78f03b2b4ff604e5ca69c7e6d and fixed in 6.3 with commit 13085e1b5cab8ad802904d72e6a6dae85ae0cd20
Please see https://www.kernel.org for a full list of currently supported
kernel versions by the kernel community.
Unaffected versions might change over time as fixes are backported to
older supported kernel versions. The official CVE entry at
https://cve.org/CVERecord/?id=CVE-2023-53233
will be updated if fixes are backported, please check that for the most
up to date information about this issue.
Affected files
==============
The file(s) affected by this issue are:
net/smc/smc_core.c
Mitigation
==========
The Linux kernel CVE team recommends that you update to the latest
stable kernel version for this, and many other bugfixes. Individual
changes are never tested alone, but rather are part of a larger kernel
release. Cherry-picking individual commits is not recommended or
supported by the Linux kernel community at all. If however, updating to
the latest release is impossible, the individual changes to resolve this
issue can be found at these commits:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9708efad9ba5095b9bb7916e11a135b3bd66c071
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b615238e5bc01e13dc0610febddc1ca99bab1df6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3517584cf1b35bd02f4a90267ddf9dcf17bd9c87
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9ca2257150272df1b8d9ebe5059197ffea6e913
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13085e1b5cab8ad802904d72e6a6dae85ae0cd20
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