CVE-2023-53614

mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown

published October 4, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00106 · 1.1th percentile
Published
2025-10-04T15:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 OCT 15:44Z
    mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown
    cvelistv5