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CVE-2023-53998

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2023
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

hwrng: virtio - Fix race on data_avail and actual data

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: virtio - Fix race on data_avail and actual data The virtio rng device kicks off a new entropy request whenever the data available reaches zero. When a new request occurs at the end of a read operation, that is, when the result of that request is only needed by the next reader, then there is a race between the writing of the new data and the next reader. This is because there is no synchronisation whatsoever between the writer and the reader. Fix this by writing data_avail with smp_store_release and reading it with smp_load_acquire when we first enter read. The subsequent reads are safe because they're either protected by the first load acquire, or by the completion mechanism. Also remove the redundant zeroing of data_idx in random_recv_done (data_idx must already be zero at this point) and data_avail in request_entropy (ditto).

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgit241ef15776a7c8505008db689175b320d345ecd3UnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgita43bcb0b661cbbf3ad797d2aee6b6fd06b8fc69dUnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgit77471e4912d3960dafe141e268c44be8024fe4dcUnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgitc76d991b6f01a5d931e7053a73bc9524975a5215UnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgit22c30022cde6e2c88612b3a499223cfa912f1bc7UnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgit318657b4c2077289659f1cd9e2a34f6a3b208e3eUnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgit2fc91f156b3f3446a1bce80cf4adedcbf41271c2UnavailableNone listed
f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42affectedgitac52578d6e8d300dd50f790f29a24169b1edd26cUnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.26affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.26UnavailableNone listed
4.19.291unaffectedsemverUnavailable4.19.*None listed
5.4.251unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.4.*None listed
5.10.188unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.121unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.39unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.3.13unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.3.*None listed
6.4.4unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.4.*None listed
6.5unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed