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         "descriptions": [
            {
               "lang": "en",
               "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnull_blk: fix null-ptr-dereference while configuring 'power' and 'submit_queues'\n\nWriting 'power' and 'submit_queues' concurrently will trigger kernel\npanic:\n\nTest script:\n\nmodprobe null_blk nr_devices=0\nmkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/nullb/nullb0\nwhile true; do echo 1 > submit_queues; echo 4 > submit_queues; done &\nwhile true; do echo 1 > power; echo 0 > power; done\n\nTest result:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000148\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\nRIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x41d/0x28f0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n lock_acquire+0x121/0x450\n down_write+0x5f/0x1d0\n simple_recursive_removal+0x12f/0x5c0\n blk_mq_debugfs_unregister_hctxs+0x7c/0x100\n blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x4a3/0x720\n nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk]\n nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x79/0xf0 [null_blk]\n configfs_write_iter+0x119/0x1e0\n vfs_write+0x326/0x730\n ksys_write+0x74/0x150\n\nThis is because del_gendisk() can concurrent with\nblk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues():\n\nnullb_device_power_store\tnullb_apply_submit_queues\n null_del_dev\n del_gendisk\n\t\t\t\t nullb_update_nr_hw_queues\n\t\t\t\t  if (!dev->nullb)\n\t\t\t\t  // still set while gendisk is deleted\n\t\t\t\t   return 0\n\t\t\t\t  blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues\n dev->nullb = NULL\n\nFix this problem by resuing the global mutex to protect\nnullb_device_power_store() and nullb_update_nr_hw_queues() from configfs."
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         ],
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                  "drivers/block/null_blk/main.c"
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               "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
               "programFiles": [
                  "drivers/block/null_blk/main.c"
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                  {
                     "version": "6.10",
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         "references": [
            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaadb755f2d684f715a6eb85cb7243aa0c67dfa9"
            },
            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d0495473ee4c1d041b5a917f10446a22c047f47"
            },
            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2db328b0839312c169eb42746ec46fc1ab53ed2"
            }
         ],
         "title": "null_blk: fix null-ptr-dereference while configuring 'power' and 'submit_queues'",
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