{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-54311", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-30T12:06:44.530Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-30T12:23:43.174Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:59:30.869Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:59:30.869Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix deadlock when converting an inline directory in nojournal mode\n\nIn no journal mode, ext4_finish_convert_inline_dir() can self-deadlock\nby calling ext4_handle_dirty_dirblock() when it already has taken the\ndirectory lock. There is a similar self-deadlock in\next4_incvert_inline_data_nolock() for data files which we'll fix at\nthe same time.\n\nA simple reproducer demonstrating the problem:\n\n mke2fs -Fq -t ext2 -O inline_data -b 4k /dev/vdc 64\n mount -t ext4 -o dirsync /dev/vdc /vdc\n cd /vdc\n mkdir file0\n cd file0\n touch file0\n touch file1\n attr -s BurnSpaceInEA -V abcde .\n touch supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/ext4/inline.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "b4fa4768c9acff77245d672d855d2c88294850b1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "5f8b55136ad787aed2c184f7cb3e93772ae637a3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "640c8c365999c6f23447ac766437236ad88317c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "665cc3ba50330049524c1d275bc840a8f28dde73", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "0b1c4357bb21d9770451a1bdb8d419ea10bada88", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "804de0c72cd473e186ca4e1f6287d45431b14e5a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3c47d54170b6a678875566b1b8d6dcf57904e49b", "lessThan": "f4ce24f54d9cca4f09a395f3eecce20d6bec4663", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/ext4/inline.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3.8", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.8", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.4.243", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.180", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.112", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.29", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.2.16", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.3.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.243" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.180" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.112" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.29" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.16" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "3.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4fa4768c9acff77245d672d855d2c88294850b1" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f8b55136ad787aed2c184f7cb3e93772ae637a3" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640c8c365999c6f23447ac766437236ad88317c5" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/665cc3ba50330049524c1d275bc840a8f28dde73" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1c4357bb21d9770451a1bdb8d419ea10bada88" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/804de0c72cd473e186ca4e1f6287d45431b14e5a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ce24f54d9cca4f09a395f3eecce20d6bec4663" } ], "title": "ext4: fix deadlock when converting an inline directory in nojournal mode", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }