---
id: CVE-2023-2269
title: >-
  A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking
  scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in
  the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.
summary: >-
  A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking
  scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in
  the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.
severity: medium
cvss: 4.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-413
  - CWE-667
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - linux_kernel = 6.2
  - fedora = 36
  - fedora = 37
  - fedora = 38
  - debian_linux = 10.0
  - debian_linux = 11.0
  - debian_linux = 12.0
  - h300s_firmware
  - h500s_firmware
  - h700s_firmware
  - h410s_firmware
  - h410c_firmware
published: '2023-04-25'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T22:17:23.337'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2269'
references:
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63AJUCJTZCII2JMAF7MGZEM66KY7IALT/
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FBLBKW2WM5YSTS6OGEU5SYHXSJ5EWSTV/
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXHBLWYNSUBS77TYPOJTADPDXKBH2F4U/
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZD1xyZxb3rHot8PV%40redhat.com/t/'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0004/'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00030.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63AJUCJTZCII2JMAF7MGZEM66KY7IALT/
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FBLBKW2WM5YSTS6OGEU5SYHXSJ5EWSTV/
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IXHBLWYNSUBS77TYPOJTADPDXKBH2F4U/
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZD1xyZxb3rHot8PV%40redhat.com/t/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0004/'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5448'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5480'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00224
epssPercentile: 0.11963
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T23:16:47.349Z'
---

## Overview

A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel = 6.2`
- `fedora = 36`
- `fedora = 37`
- `fedora = 38`
- `debian_linux = 10.0`
- `debian_linux = 11.0`
- `debian_linux = 12.0`
- `h300s_firmware`
- `h500s_firmware`
- `h700s_firmware`
- `h410s_firmware`
- `h410c_firmware`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.