{"cve":"CVE-2024-53052","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-19T18:15:25.363","modified":"2026-06-17T08:08:08.913","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring/rw: fix missing NOWAIT check for O_DIRECT start write\n\nWhen io_uring starts a write, it'll call kiocb_start_write() to bump the\nsuper block rwsem, preventing any freezes from happening while that\nwrite is in-flight. The freeze side will grab that rwsem for writing,\nexcluding any new writers from happening and waiting for existing writes\nto finish. But io_uring unconditionally uses kiocb_start_write(), which\nwill block if someone is currently attempting to freeze the mount point.\nThis causes a deadlock where freeze is waiting for previous writes to\ncomplete, but the previous writes cannot complete, as the task that is\nsupposed to complete them is blocked waiting on starting a new write.\nThis results in the following stuck trace showing that dependency with\nthe write blocked starting a new write:\n\ntask:fio             state:D stack:0     pid:886   tgid:886   ppid:876\nCall trace:\n __switch_to+0x1d8/0x348\n __schedule+0x8e8/0x2248\n schedule+0x110/0x3f0\n percpu_rwsem_wait+0x1e8/0x3f8\n __percpu_down_read+0xe8/0x500\n io_write+0xbb8/0xff8\n io_issue_sqe+0x10c/0x1020\n io_submit_sqes+0x614/0x2110\n __arm64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x524/0x1038\n invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268\n el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x238\n do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60\n el0_svc+0x44/0xb0\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x128\n el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170\nINFO: task fsfreeze:7364 blocked for more than 15 seconds.\n      Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5-00063-g76aaf945701c #7963\n\nwith the attempting freezer stuck trying to grab the rwsem:\n\ntask:fsfreeze        state:D stack:0     pid:7364  tgid:7364  ppid:995\nCall trace:\n __switch_to+0x1d8/0x348\n __schedule+0x8e8/0x2248\n schedule+0x110/0x3f0\n percpu_down_write+0x2b0/0x680\n freeze_super+0x248/0x8a8\n do_vfs_ioctl+0x149c/0x1b18\n __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xd0/0x1a0\n invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268\n el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x238\n do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60\n el0_svc+0x44/0xb0\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x128\n el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170\n\nFix this by having the io_uring side honor IOCB_NOWAIT, and only attempt a\nblocking grab of the super block rwsem if it isn't set. For normal issue\nwhere IOCB_NOWAIT would always be set, this returns -EAGAIN which will\nhave io_uring core issue a blocking attempt of the write. That will in\nturn also get completions run, ensuring forward progress.\n\nSince freezing requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the first place, this isn't\nsomething that can be triggered by a regular user.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.4},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/003d2996964c03dfd34860500428f4cdf1f5879e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d60d74e852647255bd8e76f5a22dc42531e4389","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b8c48f369b7591f5679e0b90612f4862a32929","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/485d9232112b17f389b29497ff41b97b3189546b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e24041ba86d50aaa4c792ae2c88ed01b3d96243"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:34.731061660+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53052","score":0.00183,"percentile":0.07939,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}