CVE-2023-52493

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. Read and write locks for the channel are taken in succession by dropping the read lock from parse_xfer_event(), such that a callback given to client can potentially queue buffers and acquire the write lock in that process. This can result in multiple locks and a soft lockup, leading to compromised Availability.

No Red Hat products are affected by this vulnerability.

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