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mm: revert "mm: shmem: fix data-race in shmem_getattr()"

Published Dec 4, 2024

Description

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".

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Dec 4, 2024
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Reserved Nov 19, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Aug 4, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Dec 4, 2024
ENISA EUVD
Assigner Linux
Published Dec 4, 2024
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2024-51808