CVE-2023-53051

dm crypt: add cond_resched() to dmcrypt_write()

published May 2, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm crypt: add cond_resched() to dmcrypt_write()

The loop in dmcrypt_write may be running for unbounded amount of time,

thus we need cond_resched() in it.

This commit fixes the following warning:

[ 3391.153255][ C12] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#12 stuck for 23s! [dmcrypt_write/2:2897]

...

[ 3391.387210][ C12] Call trace:

[ 3391.390338][ C12] blk_attempt_bio_merge.part.6+0x38/0x158

[ 3391.395970][ C12] blk_attempt_plug_merge+0xc0/0x1b0

[ 3391.401085][ C12] blk_mq_submit_bio+0x398/0x550

[ 3391.405856][ C12] submit_bio_noacct+0x308/0x380

[ 3391.410630][ C12] dmcrypt_write+0x1e4/0x208 [dm_crypt]

[ 3391.416005][ C12] kthread+0x130/0x138

[ 3391.419911][ C12] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00218 · 11.6th percentile
Published
2025-05-02T15:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAY 15:55Z
    dm crypt: add cond_resched() to dmcrypt_write()
    cvelistv5