# CVE-2023-52774: s390/dasd: protect device queue against concurrent access

> A race condition in the s390/dasd driver allows concurrent access to the device queue, potentially causing a kernel panic and denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-52774, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52774, GHSA-2j3v-48pv-mvcj, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52774

## What is CVE-2023-52774?

CVE-2023-52774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/dasd: protect device queue against concurrent access

In dasd_profile_start() the amount of requests on the device queue are
counted. The access to the device queue is unprotected against
concurrent access. With a lot of parallel I/O, especially with alias
devices enabled, the device queue can change while dasd_profile_start()
is accessing the queue. In the worst case this leads to a kernel panic
due to incorrect pointer accesses.

Fix this by taking the device lock before accessing the queue and
counting the requests. Additionally the check for a valid profile data
pointer can be done earlier to avoid unnecessary locking in a hot path.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52774?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-52774?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-52774 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52774 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-52774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52774/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52774/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52774
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52774
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52774

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52774/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.