Improper Resource Locking Affecting kernel-64k-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEVEL-15744184
  • published22 Mar 2026
  • disclosed24 Dec 2025

Introduced: 24 Dec 2025

CVE-2023-54088  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-413  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-64k-devel to version 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6583.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-devel package and not the kernel-64k-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

blk-cgroup: hold queue_lock when removing blkg->q_node

When blkg is removed from q->blkg_list from blkg_free_workfn(), queue_lock has to be held, otherwise, all kinds of bugs(list corruption, hard lockup, ..) can be triggered from blkg_destroy_all().

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1