{"id":"CVE-2023-52982","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"fscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume\n\nThe freeing of relinquished volume will wake up the pending volume\nacquisition by using wake_up_bit(), however it is mismatched with\nwait_var_event() used in fscache_wait_on_volume_collision() and it will\nnever wake up the waiter in the wait-queue because these two functions\noperate on different wait-queues.\n\nAccording to the implementation in fscache_wait_on_volume_collision(),\nif the wake-up of pending acquisition is delayed longer than 20 seconds\n(e.g., due to the delay of on-demand fd closing), the first\nwait_var_event_timeout() will timeout and the following wait_var_event()\nwill hang forever as shown below:\n\n FS-Cache: Potential volume collision new=00000024 old=00000022\n ......\n INFO: task mount:1148 blocked for more than 122 seconds.\n       Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6+ #1\n task:mount           state:D stack:0     pid:1148  ppid:1\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  __schedule+0x2f6/0xb80\n  schedule+0x67/0xe0\n  fscache_wait_on_volume_collision.cold+0x80/0x82\n  __fscache_acquire_volume+0x40d/0x4e0\n  erofs_fscache_register_volume+0x51/0xe0 [erofs]\n  erofs_fscache_register_fs+0x19c/0x240 [erofs]\n  erofs_fc_fill_super+0x746/0xaf0 [erofs]\n  vfs_get_super+0x7d/0x100\n  get_tree_nodev+0x16/0x20\n  erofs_fc_get_tree+0x20/0x30 [erofs]\n  vfs_get_tree+0x24/0xb0\n  path_mount+0x2fa/0xa90\n  do_mount+0x7c/0xa0\n  __x64_sys_mount+0x8b/0xe0\n  do_syscall_64+0x30/0x60\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nConsidering that wake_up_bit() is more selective, so fix it by using\nwait_on_bit() instead of wait_var_event() to wait for the freeing of\nrelinquished volume. In addition because waitqueue_active() is used in\nwake_up_bit() and clear_bit() doesn't imply any memory barrier, use\nclear_and_wake_up_bit() to add the missing memory barrier between\ncursor->flags and waitqueue_active().","publishedAt":"2025-03-27T16:43:20.735Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:36:21.225Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"62ab63352350e881ae693a8236b35d7d0516c78b","status":"affected","lessThan":"3be069f42a7b79d3149194f21cdf24bf23864cac","versionType":"git"},{"version":"62ab63352350e881ae693a8236b35d7d0516c78b","status":"affected","lessThan":"8226e37d82f43657da34dd770e2b38f20242ada7","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/fscache/volume.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.11","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/fscache/volume.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be069f42a7b79d3149194f21cdf24bf23864cac","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8226e37d82f43657da34dd770e2b38f20242ada7"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:33.064Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52982.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-52982","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-03-27T16:43:20.735Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:36:21.225Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-03-27T16:40:15.740Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"fscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume\n\nThe freeing of relinquished volume will wake up the pending volume\nacquisition by using wake_up_bit(), however it is mismatched with\nwait_var_event() used in fscache_wait_on_volume_collision() and it will\nnever wake up the waiter in the wait-queue because these two functions\noperate on different wait-queues.\n\nAccording to the implementation in fscache_wait_on_volume_collision(),\nif the wake-up of pending acquisition is delayed longer than 20 seconds\n(e.g., due to the delay of on-demand fd closing), the first\nwait_var_event_timeout() will timeout and the following wait_var_event()\nwill hang forever as shown below:\n\n FS-Cache: Potential volume collision new=00000024 old=00000022\n ......\n INFO: task mount:1148 blocked for more than 122 seconds.\n       Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6+ #1\n task:mount           state:D stack:0     pid:1148  ppid:1\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  __schedule+0x2f6/0xb80\n  schedule+0x67/0xe0\n  fscache_wait_on_volume_collision.cold+0x80/0x82\n  __fscache_acquire_volume+0x40d/0x4e0\n  erofs_fscache_register_volume+0x51/0xe0 [erofs]\n  erofs_fscache_register_fs+0x19c/0x240 [erofs]\n  erofs_fc_fill_super+0x746/0xaf0 [erofs]\n  vfs_get_super+0x7d/0x100\n  get_tree_nodev+0x16/0x20\n  erofs_fc_get_tree+0x20/0x30 [erofs]\n  vfs_get_tree+0x24/0xb0\n  path_mount+0x2fa/0xa90\n  do_mount+0x7c/0xa0\n  __x64_sys_mount+0x8b/0xe0\n  do_syscall_64+0x30/0x60\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nConsidering that wake_up_bit() is more selective, so fix it by using\nwait_on_bit() instead of wait_var_event() to wait for the freeing of\nrelinquished volume. In addition because waitqueue_active() is used in\nwake_up_bit() and clear_bit() doesn't imply any memory barrier, use\nclear_and_wake_up_bit() to add the missing memory barrier between\ncursor->flags and waitqueue_active()."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"62ab63352350e881ae693a8236b35d7d0516c78b","status":"affected","lessThan":"3be069f42a7b79d3149194f21cdf24bf23864cac","versionType":"git"},{"version":"62ab63352350e881ae693a8236b35d7d0516c78b","status":"affected","lessThan":"8226e37d82f43657da34dd770e2b38f20242ada7","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/fscache/volume.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.11","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/fscache/volume.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be069f42a7b79d3149194f21cdf24bf23864cac"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8226e37d82f43657da34dd770e2b38f20242ada7"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:36:21.225Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.17","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.11"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.17","versionEndExcluding":"6.2"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}