CVE-2023-53620

Updated: 2026-02-08 03:35:08.182554

Description:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: fix soft lockup in status_resync status_resync() will calculate 'curr_resync - recovery_active' to show user a progress bar like following: [============>........] resync = 61.4% 'curr_resync' and 'recovery_active' is updated in md_do_sync(), and status_resync() can read them concurrently, hence it's possible that 'curr_resync - recovery_active' can overflow to a huge number. In this case status_resync() will be stuck in the loop to print a large amount of '=', which will end up soft lockup. Fix the problem by setting 'resync' to MD_RESYNC_ACTIVE in this case, this way resync in progress will be reported to user.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x 0.0
CVSS Version 3.x MEDIUM 5.5

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU kernel 5.14.0 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2025-10-26 15:40:23 Low risk: the bug is confined to the Linux MD RAID status-reporting path and only triggers locally w...
CentOS 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 5.5 MEDIUM Needs Triage 2026-02-09 20:05:04 This issue is a local-only denial-of-service in the Linux md software‑RAID status reporting path: ...
CentOS 8.4 ELS kernel 4.18.0 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2025-10-26 15:40:24 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS 8.5 ELS kernel 4.18.0 5.5 MEDIUM Ignored 2025-10-26 15:40:25 Ignored due to low severity
Oracle Linux 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 5.5 MEDIUM Needs Triage 2026-02-09 20:05:04 This issue is a local-only denial-of-service in the Linux md software‑RAID status reporting path: ...
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS linux-hwe 4.15.0 5.5 MEDIUM Needs Triage 2026-02-09 20:05:29 This issue is a local-only denial-of-service in the Linux md software‑RAID status reporting path: ...
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS linux 4.4.0 5.5 MEDIUM Needs Triage 2026-02-09 20:05:14 This issue is a local-only denial-of-service in the Linux md software‑RAID status reporting path: ...
Ubuntu 18.04 ELS linux 4.15.0 5.5 MEDIUM Needs Triage 2026-02-09 20:05:15 This issue is a local-only denial-of-service in the Linux md software‑RAID status reporting path: ...