CVE-2024-53136: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()" Revert d949d1d14fa2 ("mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()") as suggested by Chuck [1]. It is causing deadlocks when accessing tmpfs over NFS. As Hugh commented, "added just to silence a syzbot sanitizer splat: added where there has never been any practical problem".

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.19.323, before 4.19.325 (fixed in 4.19.325); from 5.4.285, before 5.5 (fixed in 5.5); from 5.10.229, before 5.11 (fixed in 5.11); from 5.15.171, before 5.16 (fixed in 5.16); from 6.1.116, before 6.1.119 (fixed in 6.1.119); from 6.6.60, before 6.6.63 (fixed in 6.6.63); …

Published 2024-12-04. Last modified 2026-08-04.