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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2023-53051

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

  • Published: May 2, 2025
  • Updated: Nov 13, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2023-53051
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 4.0 4.14.312
linux / linux_kernel 4.15 4.19.280
linux / linux_kernel 4.20 5.4.240
linux / linux_kernel 5.5 5.10.177
linux / linux_kernel 5.11 5.15.105
linux / linux_kernel 5.16 6.1.22
linux / linux_kernel 6.2 6.2.9
linux / linux_kernel 6.3-rc1 6.3-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.3-rc2 6.3-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.3-rc3 6.3-rc3.x