{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52668 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-52668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52668 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-52668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52668 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52668/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52668/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-52668","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52668/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-52668","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-52668","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52668","GHSA-cf96-w592-hc5w","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52668"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A lock ordering error in the Linux kernel's btrfs zoned mode can cause a deadlock, leading to a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-667","name":"Improper Locking"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: zoned: fix lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate()\n\nThe btrfs CI reported a lockdep warning as follows by running generic\ngeneric/129.\n\n   WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n   6.7.0-rc5+ #1 Not tainted\n   ------------------------------------------------------\n   kworker/u5:5/793427 is trying to acquire lock:\n   ffff88813256d028 (\u0026cache-\u003elock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg+0x5e/0x130\n   but task is already holding lock:\n   ffff88810a23a318 (\u0026fs_info-\u003ezone_active_bgs_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg+0x34/0x130\n   which lock already depends on the new lock.\n\n   the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n   -\u003e #1 (\u0026fs_info-\u003ezone_active_bgs_lock){+.+.}-{2:2}:\n   ...\n   -\u003e #0 (\u0026cache-\u003elock){+.+.}-{2:2}:\n   ...\n\nThis is because we take fs_info-\u003ezone_active_bgs_lock after a block_group's\nlock in btrfs_zone_activate() while doing the opposite in other places.\n\nFix the issue by expanding the fs_info-\u003ezone_active_bgs_lock's critical\nsection and taking it before a block_group's lock.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"btrfs: zoned: fix lock ordering in btrfs_zone_activate()","id":"CVE-2023-52668","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"crypto: s390/aes - Fix buffer overread in CTR mode","id":"CVE-2023-52669"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_any_create_groups","id":"CVE-2023-52667"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-05-17","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A lock ordering error in the Linux kernel's btrfs zoned mode can cause a deadlock, leading to a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52668/"}