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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2023-53329",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53329",
    "idYear": 2023,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-09-16T16:12:05.196Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T19:42:50.647Z",
    "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"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "workqueue: fix data race with the pwq->stats[] increment",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nworkqueue: fix data race with the pwq->stats[] increment\n\nKCSAN has discovered a data race in kernel/workqueue.c:2598:\n\n[ 1863.554079] ==================================================================\n[ 1863.554118] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in process_one_work / process_one_work\n\n[ 1863.554142] write to 0xffff963d99d79998 of 8 bytes by task 5394 on cpu 27:\n[ 1863.554154] process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:2598)\n[ 1863.554166] worker_thread (./include/linux/list.h:292 kernel/workqueue.c:2752)\n[ 1863.554177] kthread (kernel/kthread.c:389)\n[ 1863.554186] ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:145)\n[ 1863.554197] ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:312)\n\n[ 1863.554213] read to 0xffff963d99d79998 of 8 bytes by task 5450 on cpu 12:\n[ 1863.554224] process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:2598)\n[ 1863.554235] worker_thread (./include/linux/list.h:292 kernel/workqueue.c:2752)\n[ 1863.554247] kthread (kernel/kthread.c:389)\n[ 1863.554255] ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:145)\n[ 1863.554266] ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:312)\n\n[ 1863.554280] value changed: 0x0000000000001766 -> 0x000000000000176a\n\n[ 1863.554295] Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:\n[ 1863.554303] CPU: 12 PID: 5450 Comm: kworker/u64:1 Tainted: G             L     6.5.0-rc6+ #44\n[ 1863.554314] Hardware name: ASRock X670E PG Lightning/X670E PG Lightning, BIOS 1.21 04/26/2023\n[ 1863.554322] Workqueue: btrfs-endio btrfs_end_bio_work [btrfs]\n[ 1863.554941] ==================================================================\n\n    lockdep_invariant_state(true);\n→   pwq->stats[PWQ_STAT_STARTED]++;\n    trace_workqueue_execute_start(work);\n    worker->current_func(work);\n\nMoving pwq->stats[PWQ_STAT_STARTED]++; before the line\n\n    raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);\n\nresolves the data race without performance penalty.\n\nKCSAN detected at least one additional data race:\n\n[  157.834751] ==================================================================\n[  157.834770] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in process_one_work / process_one_work\n\n[  157.834793] write to 0xffff9934453f77a0 of 8 bytes by task 468 on cpu 29:\n[  157.834804] process_one_work (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/kernel/workqueue.c:2606)\n[  157.834815] worker_thread (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/./include/linux/list.h:292 /home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/kernel/workqueue.c:2752)\n[  157.834826] kthread (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/kernel/kthread.c:389)\n[  157.834834] ret_from_fork (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/arch/x86/kernel/process.c:145)\n[  157.834845] ret_from_fork_asm (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:312)\n\n[  157.834859] read to 0xffff9934453f77a0 of 8 bytes by task 214 on cpu 7:\n[  157.834868] process_one_work (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/kernel/workqueue.c:2606)\n[  157.834879] worker_thread (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/./include/linux/list.h:292 /home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/kernel/workqueue.c:2752)\n[  157.834890] kthread (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/kernel/kthread.c:389)\n[  157.834897] ret_from_fork (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/arch/x86/kernel/process.c:145)\n[  157.834907] ret_from_fork_asm (/home/marvin/linux/kernel/linux_torvalds/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:312)\n\n[  157.834920] value changed: 0x000000000000052a -> 0x0000000000000532\n\n[  157.834933] Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:\n[  157.834941] CPU: 7 PID: 214 Comm: kworker/u64:2 Tainted: G             L     6.5.0-rc7-kcsan-00169-g81eaf55a60fc #4\n[  157.834951] Hardware name: ASRock X670E PG Lightning/X670E PG Lightning, BIOS 1.21 04/26/2023\n[  157.834958] Workqueue: btrfs-endio btrfs_end_bio_work [btrfs]\n[  157.835567] ==================================================================\n\nin code:\n\n        trace_workqueue_execute_end(work, worker->current_func);\n→       pwq->stats[PWQ_STAT_COM\n---truncated---",
      "affected": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "725e8ec59c56c65fb92e343c10a8842cd0d4f194",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "git",
              "lessThan": "ce55024f28589b0012fa2c6b5748ec5a180b7fbe"
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            {
              "version": "725e8ec59c56c65fb92e343c10a8842cd0d4f194",
              "status": "affected",
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          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
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              "version": "6.5",
              "status": "affected"
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            {
              "version": "0",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThan": "6.5"
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            {
              "version": "6.5.3",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "semver",
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              "version": "6.6",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
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