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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-53233" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-09-15T14:22:05.378Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:40:49.189Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53233" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53233.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53233" title: "net/smc: fix deadlock triggered by cancel_delayed_work_syn()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/smc: fix deadlock triggered by cancel_delayed_work_syn()\n\nThe following LOCKDEP was detected:\n\t\tWorkqueue: events smc_lgr_free_work [smc]\n\t\tWARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n\t\t6.1.0-20221027.rc2.git8.56bc5b569087.300.fc36.s390x+debug #1 Not tainted\n\t\t------------------------------------------------------\n\t\tkworker/3:0/176251 is trying to acquire lock:\n\t\t00000000f1467148 ((wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2){+.+.}-{0:0},\n\t\t\tat: __flush_workqueue+0x7a/0x4f0\n\t\tbut task is already holding lock:\n\t\t0000037fffe97dc8 ((work_completion)(&(&lgr-\u003efree_work)-\u003ework)){+.+.}-{0:0},\n\t\t\tat: process_one_work+0x232/0x730\n\t\twhich lock already depends on the new lock.\n\t\tthe existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\t\t-\u003e #4 ((work_completion)(&(&lgr-\u003efree_work)-\u003ework)){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n\t\t __lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8\n\t\t lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248\n\t\t lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8\n\t\t __flush_work+0x76/0xf0\n\t\t __cancel_work_timer+0x170/0x220\n\t\t __smc_lgr_terminate.part.0+0x34/0x1c0 [smc]\n\t\t smc_connect_rdma+0x15e/0x418 [smc]\n\t\t __smc_connect+0x234/0x480 [smc]\n\t\t smc_connect+0x1d6/0x230 [smc]\n\t\t __sys_connect+0x90/0xc0\n\t\t __do_sys_socketcall+0x186/0x370\n\t\t __do_syscall+0x1da/0x208\n\t\t system_call+0x82/0xb0\n\t\t-\u003e #3 (smc_client_lgr_pending){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n\t\t __lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8\n\t\t lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248\n\t\t lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8\n\t\t __mutex_lock+0x96/0x8e8\n\t\t mutex_lock_nested+0x32/0x40\n\t\t smc_connect_rdma+0xa4/0x418 [smc]\n\t\t __smc_connect+0x234/0x480 [smc]\n\t\t smc_connect+0x1d6/0x230 [smc]\n\t\t __sys_connect+0x90/0xc0\n\t\t __do_sys_socketcall+0x186/0x370\n\t\t __do_syscall+0x1da/0x208\n\t\t system_call+0x82/0xb0\n\t\t-\u003e #2 (sk_lock-AF_SMC){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n\t\t __lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8\n\t\t lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248\n\t\t lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8\n\t\t lock_sock_nested+0x46/0xa8\n\t\t smc_tx_work+0x34/0x50 [smc]\n\t\t process_one_work+0x30c/0x730\n\t\t worker_thread+0x62/0x420\n\t\t kthread+0x138/0x150\n\t\t __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58\n\t\t ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40\n\t\t-\u003e #1 ((work_completion)(&(&smc-\u003econn.tx_work)-\u003ework)){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n\t\t __lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8\n\t\t lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248\n\t\t lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8\n\t\t process_one_work+0x2bc/0x730\n\t\t worker_thread+0x62/0x420\n\t\t kthread+0x138/0x150\n\t\t __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58\n\t\t ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40\n\t\t-\u003e #0 ((wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n\t\t check_prev_add+0xd8/0xe88\n\t\t validate_chain+0x70c/0xb20\n\t\t __lock_acquire+0x58e/0xbd8\n\t\t lock_acquire.part.0+0xe2/0x248\n\t\t lock_acquire+0xac/0x1c8\n\t\t __flush_workqueue+0xaa/0x4f0\n\t\t drain_workqueue+0xaa/0x158\n\t\t destroy_workqueue+0x44/0x2d8\n\t\t smc_lgr_free+0x9e/0xf8 [smc]\n\t\t process_one_work+0x30c/0x730\n\t\t worker_thread+0x62/0x420\n\t\t kthread+0x138/0x150\n\t\t __ret_from_fork+0x3c/0x58\n\t\t ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40\n\t\tother info that might help us debug this:\n\t\tChain exists of:\n\t\t (wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2\n\t \t --\u003e smc_client_lgr_pending\n\t\t --\u003e (work_completion)(&(&lgr-\u003efree_work)-\u003ework)\n\t\t Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\t\t CPU0 CPU1\n\t\t ---- ----\n\t\t lock((work_completion)(&(&lgr-\u003efree_work)-\u003ework));\n\t\t lock(smc_client_lgr_pending);\n\t\t lock((work_completion)\n\t\t\t\t\t(&(&lgr-\u003efree_work)-\u003ework));\n\t\t lock((wq_completion)smc_tx_wq-00000000#2);\n\t\t *** DEADLOCK ***\n\t\t2 locks held by kworker/3:0/176251:\n\t\t #0: 0000000080183548\n\t\t\t((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0},\n\t\t\t\tat: process_one_work+0x232/0x730\n\t\t #1: 0000037fffe97dc8\n\t\t\t((work_completion)\n\t\t\t (&(&lgr-\u003efree_work)-\u003ework)){+.+.}-{0:0},\n\t\t\t\tat: process_one_work+0x232/0x730\n\t\tstack backtr\n---truncated---" affected: 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