CVE-2023-53051: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm crypt: add cond_resched() to dmcrypt_write() The loop in dmcrypt_write may be running for unbounded amount of time, thus we need cond_resched() in it. This commit fixes the following warning: [ 3391.153255][ C12] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#12 stuck for 23s! [dmcrypt_write/2:2897] ... [ 3391.387210][ C12] Call trace: [ 3391.390338][ C12] blk_attempt_bio_merge.part.6+0x38/0x158 [ 3391.395970][ C12] blk_attempt_plug_merge+0xc0/0x1b0 [ 3391.401085][ C12] blk_mq_submit_bio+0x398/0x550 [ 3391.405856][ C12] submit_bio_noacct+0x308/0x380 [ 3391.410630][ C12] dmcrypt_write+0x1e4/0x208 [dm_crypt] [ 3391.416005][ C12] kthread+0x130/0x138 [ 3391.419911][ C12] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.0, before 4.14.312 (fixed in 4.14.312); from 4.15, before 4.19.280 (fixed in 4.19.280); from 4.20, before 5.4.240 (fixed in 5.4.240); from 5.5, before 5.10.177 (fixed in 5.10.177); from 5.11, before 5.15.105 (fixed in 5.15.105); from 5.16, before 6.1.22 (fixed in 6.1.22); …

Published 2025-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.