Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-53614
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown
exit_mmap() will tear down the VMAs and maple tree with the mmap_lock held
in write mode. Ensure that the maple tree is still valid by checking
ksm_test_exit() after taking the mmap_lock in read mode, but before the
for_each_vma() iterator dereferences a destroyed maple tree.
Since the maple tree is destroyed, the flags telling lockdep to check an
external lock has been cleared. Skip the for_each_vma() iterator to avoid
dereferencing a maple tree without the external lock flag, which would
create a lockdep warning.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 3.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.7
Products affected by CVE-2023-53614
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.20
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.21
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3