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  "id": "RPI-CVE-2023-54113",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-54113"
  ],
  "published": "2025-12-24T13:11:50Z",
  "summary": "rcu: dump vmalloc memory info safely",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrcu: dump vmalloc memory info safely\n\nCurrently, for double invoke call_rcu(), will dump rcu_head objects memory\ninfo, if the objects is not allocated from the slab allocator, the\nvmalloc_dump_obj() will be invoke and the vmap_area_lock spinlock need to\nbe held, since the call_rcu() can be invoked in interrupt context,\ntherefore, there is a possibility of spinlock deadlock scenarios.\n\nAnd in Preempt-RT kernel, the rcutorture test also trigger the following\nlockdep warning:\n\nBUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48\nin_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0\npreempt_count: 1, expected: 0\nRCU nest depth: 1, expected: 1\n3 locks held by swapper/0/1:\n #0: ffffffffb534ee80 (fullstop_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: torture_init_begin+0x24/0xa0\n #1: ffffffffb5307940 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_torture_init+0x1ec7/0x2370\n #2: ffffffffb536af40 (vmap_area_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: find_vmap_area+0x1f/0x70\nirq event stamp: 565512\nhardirqs last  enabled at (565511): [<ffffffffb379b138>] __call_rcu_common+0x218/0x940\nhardirqs last disabled at (565512): [<ffffffffb5804262>] rcu_torture_init+0x20b2/0x2370\nsoftirqs last  enabled at (399112): [<ffffffffb36b2586>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x126/0x170\nsoftirqs last disabled at (399106): [<ffffffffb43fef59>] inet_register_protosw+0x9/0x1d0\nPreemption disabled at:\n[<ffffffffb58040c3>] rcu_torture_init+0x1f13/0x2370\nCPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G        W          6.5.0-rc4-rt2-yocto-preempt-rt+ #15\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.2-0-gea1b7a073390-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xb0\n dump_stack+0x14/0x20\n __might_resched+0x1aa/0x280\n ? __pfx_rcu_torture_err_cb+0x10/0x10\n rt_spin_lock+0x53/0x130\n ? find_vmap_area+0x1f/0x70\n find_vmap_area+0x1f/0x70\n vmalloc_dump_obj+0x20/0x60\n mem_dump_obj+0x22/0x90\n __call_rcu_common+0x5bf/0x940\n ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30\n call_rcu_hurry+0x14/0x20\n rcu_torture_init+0x1f82/0x2370\n ? __pfx_rcu_torture_leak_cb+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_rcu_torture_leak_cb+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_rcu_torture_init+0x10/0x10\n do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x300\n ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30\n kernel_init_freeable+0x2b9/0x540\n ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10\n kernel_init+0x1f/0x150\n ret_from_fork+0x40/0x50\n ? __pfx_kernel_init+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\n </TASK>\n\nThe previous patch fixes this by using the deadlock-safe best-effort\nversion of find_vm_area.  However, in case of failure print the fact that\nthe pointer was a vmalloc pointer so that we print at least something.",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54113"
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    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
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