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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-52638 json

can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

published 2024-04-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57262

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

The following 3 locks would race against each other, causing the deadlock situation in the Syzbot bug report:

- j1939_socks_lock - active_session_list_lock - sk_session_queue_lock

A reasonable fix is to change j1939_socks_lock to an rwlock, since in the rare situations where a write lock is required for the linked list that j1939_socks_lock is protecting, the code does not attempt to acquire any more locks. This would break the circular lock dependency, where, for example, the current thread already locks j1939_socks_lock and attempts to acquire sk_session_queue_lock, and at the same time, another thread attempts to acquire j1939_socks_lock while holding sk_session_queue_lock.

NOTE: This patch along does not fix the unregister_netdevice bug reported by Syzbot; instead, it solves a deadlock situation to prepare for one or more further patches to actually fix the Syzbot bug, which appears to be a reference counting problem within the j1939 codebase.

[mkl: remove unrelated newline change]

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18, 6.7.6, 6.8
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.82-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.7.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52638

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-106.116
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1061.67
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1059.67
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1058.63
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1054.57
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1058.63
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1063.72
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.51

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52638

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:0576RHSA-2026:0537RHSA-2024:4583RHSA-2024:4554RHSA-2024:4533

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 9 7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:4583

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:4583

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52638 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: can: j1939: prevent deadlock by changing j1939_socks_lock to rwlock

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4533
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4583
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:0576
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4533
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4583
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:0576
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4533
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4583
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV E4S (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:0537
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.73.1.rt14.358.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4554
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4583
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) kernel-doc 5.14.0-284.73.1.el9_2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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