CVE-2023-52932

mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages()

Medium · published March 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages()

The softlockup still occurs in get_swap_pages() under memory pressure. 64

CPU cores, 64GB memory, and 28 zram devices, the disksize of each zram

device is 50MB with same priority as si. Use the stress-ng tool to

increase memory pressure, causing the system to oom frequently.

The plist_for_each_entry_safe() loops in get_swap_pages() could reach tens

of thousands of times to find available space (extreme case:

cond_resched() is not called in scan_swap_map_slots()). Let's add

cond_resched() into get_swap_pages() when failed to find available space

to avoid softlockup.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00202 · 9.6th percentile
Published
2025-03-27T16:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 16:37Z
    mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages()
    cvelistv5