CVE-2023-53339

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The BUG_ON condition in btrfs_cancel_balance\ndoes not take this race scenario into account.\n\nHowever, the race condition has no other side effects. We can fix that.\n\nReproducing it with panic trace like this:\n\n kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/volumes.c:4618!\n RIP: 0010:btrfs_cancel_balance+0x5cf/0x6a0\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? do_nanosleep+0x60/0x120\n ? hrtimer_nanosleep+0xb7/0x1a0\n ? sched_core_clone_cookie+0x70/0x70\n btrfs_ioctl_balance_ctl+0x55/0x70\n btrfs_ioctl+0xa46/0xd20\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7d/0xa0\n do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\n Race scenario as follows:\n > mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);\n > --------------------\n > .......issue pause and cancel req in another thread\n > --------------------\n > ret = __btrfs_balance(fs_info);\n >\n > mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);\n > if (ret == -ECANCELED && atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req)) {\n > btrfs_info(fs_info, \"balance: paused\");\n > btrfs_exclop_balance(fs_info, BTRFS_EXCLOP_BALANCE_PAUSED);\n > }"}], "id": "CVE-2023-53339", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:44:56.297", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-09-17T15:15:37.030", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29eefa6d0d07e185f7bfe9576f91e6dba98189c2"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae81329f7de3aa6f34ecdfa5412e72161a30e9ce"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb9ba8e30833a4823e2dc73f80ebcdf2498d01a"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-617"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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{"created": "2025-09-18T11:59:13.715270+00:00", "updated": "2025-09-18T11:59:13.715321+00:00", "vendors": ["linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux_kernel"]}