CVE-2023-52940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: multi-gen LRU: fix crash during cgroup migration lru_gen_migrate_mm() assumes lru_gen_add_mm() runs prior to itself. This isn't true for the following scenario: CPU 1 CPU 2 clone() cgroup_can_fork() cgroup_procs_write() cgroup_post_fork() task_lock() lru_gen_migrate_mm() task_unlock() task_lock() lru_gen_add_mm() task_unlock() And when the above happens, kernel crashes because of linked list corruption (mm_struct->lru_gen.list).

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04448022311cebd30969d3aebdde765f1258b360	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de08eaa6156405f2e9369f06ba5afae0e4ab3b62	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc5::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc6::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-03-27 17:15

Updated : 2025-10-28 18:25

NVD link : CVE-2023-52940

Mitre link : CVE-2023-52940

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-52940

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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