GHSA-857X-V7JH-W473

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-24 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-24 15:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

audit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child()

Tracefs or debugfs maybe cause hundreds to thousands of PATH records, too many PATH records maybe cause soft lockup.

For example: 1. CONFIG_KASAN=y && CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n 2. auditctl -a exit,always -S open -k key 3. sysctl -w kernel.watchdog_thresh=5 4. mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/test

There may be a soft lockup as follows: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#45 stuck for 7s! [mkdir:15498] Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x30c show_stack+0x20/0x30 dump_stack+0x11c/0x174 panic+0x27c/0x494 watchdog_timer_fn+0x2bc/0x390 __run_hrtimer+0x148/0x4fc __hrtimer_run_queues+0x154/0x210 hrtimer_interrupt+0x2c4/0x760 arch_timer_handler_phys+0x48/0x60 handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xe0/0x340 __handle_domain_irq+0xbc/0x130 gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x460 el1_irq+0xb8/0x140 __audit_inode_child+0x240/0x7bc tracefs_create_file+0x1b8/0x2a0 trace_create_file+0x18/0x50 event_create_dir+0x204/0x30c __trace_add_new_event+0xac/0x100 event_trace_add_tracer+0xa0/0x130 trace_array_create_dir+0x60/0x140 trace_array_create+0x1e0/0x370 instance_mkdir+0x90/0xd0 tracefs_syscall_mkdir+0x68/0xa0 vfs_mkdir+0x21c/0x34c do_mkdirat+0x1b4/0x1d4 __arm64_sys_mkdirat+0x4c/0x60 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x240 do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xc0 el0_svc+0x20/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4 el0_sync+0x160/0x180

Therefore, we add cond_resched() to __audit_inode_child() to fix it.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-54045"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-24T13:16:06Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naudit: fix possible soft lockup in __audit_inode_child()\n\nTracefs or debugfs maybe cause hundreds to thousands of PATH records,\ntoo many PATH records maybe cause soft lockup.\n\nFor example:\n  1. CONFIG_KASAN=y \u0026\u0026 CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n\n  2. auditctl -a exit,always -S open -k key\n  3. sysctl -w kernel.watchdog_thresh=5\n  4. mkdir /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances/test\n\nThere may be a soft lockup as follows:\n  watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#45 stuck for 7s! [mkdir:15498]\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks\n  Call trace:\n   dump_backtrace+0x0/0x30c\n   show_stack+0x20/0x30\n   dump_stack+0x11c/0x174\n   panic+0x27c/0x494\n   watchdog_timer_fn+0x2bc/0x390\n   __run_hrtimer+0x148/0x4fc\n   __hrtimer_run_queues+0x154/0x210\n   hrtimer_interrupt+0x2c4/0x760\n   arch_timer_handler_phys+0x48/0x60\n   handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xe0/0x340\n   __handle_domain_irq+0xbc/0x130\n   gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x460\n   el1_irq+0xb8/0x140\n   __audit_inode_child+0x240/0x7bc\n   tracefs_create_file+0x1b8/0x2a0\n   trace_create_file+0x18/0x50\n   event_create_dir+0x204/0x30c\n   __trace_add_new_event+0xac/0x100\n   event_trace_add_tracer+0xa0/0x130\n   trace_array_create_dir+0x60/0x140\n   trace_array_create+0x1e0/0x370\n   instance_mkdir+0x90/0xd0\n   tracefs_syscall_mkdir+0x68/0xa0\n   vfs_mkdir+0x21c/0x34c\n   do_mkdirat+0x1b4/0x1d4\n   __arm64_sys_mkdirat+0x4c/0x60\n   el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xa8/0x240\n   do_el0_svc+0x8c/0xc0\n   el0_svc+0x20/0x30\n   el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4\n   el0_sync+0x160/0x180\n\nTherefore, we add cond_resched() to __audit_inode_child() to fix it.",
  "id": "GHSA-857x-v7jh-w473",
  "modified": "2025-12-24T15:30:36Z",
  "published": "2025-12-24T15:30:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54045"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0152e7758cc4e9f8bfba8dbea4438d8e488d6c08"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1640c7bd4eddec6c72f3a99cbb74e333a2ce9f5d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a40b491372966ba5426e138a53460985565d5a6"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e76b944a7b9bddef190ffe2e29c9ae342ab91ed"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98ef243d5900d75a64539a2165745bffbb155d43"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ca08adb75fb40a8f742c371927ee73f9dc753bf"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b59bc6e37237e37eadf50cd5de369e913f524463"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d061e2bfc20f2914656385816e0d20566213c54c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6364fa751d7486502c777f124a14d4d543fc5eb"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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