CVE-2023-34324

Medium

Description

Closing of an event channel in the Linux kernel can result in a deadlock. This happens when the close is being performed in parallel to an unrelated Xen console action and the handling of a Xen console interrupt in an unprivileged guest. The closing of an event channel is e.g. triggered by removal of a paravirtual device on the other side. As this action will cause console messages to be issued on the other side quite often, the chance of triggering the deadlock is not neglectable. Note that 32-bit Arm-guests are not affected, as the 32-bit Linux kernel on Arm doesn't use queued-RW-locks, which are required to trigger the issue (on Arm32 a waiting writer doesn't block further readers to get the lock).

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJan 5, 2024
First seenJan 5, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 5.105.10
xen xenNo range specified—

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