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CVE-2023-52935
published 2025-03-27

CVE-2023-52935: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race If an ->anon_vma is attached to the VMA…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.18%
7.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race If an ->anon_vma is attached to the VMA, collapse_and_free_pmd() requires it to be locked. Page table traversal is allowed under any one of the mmap lock, the anon_vma lock (if the VMA is associated with an anon_vma), and the mapping lock (if the VMA is associated with a mapping); and so to be able to remove page tables, we must hold all three of them. retract_page_tables() bails out if an ->anon_vma is attached, but does this check before holding the mmap lock (as the comment above the check explains). If we racily merged an existing ->anon_vma (shared with a child process) from a neighboring VMA, subsequent rmap traversals on pages belonging to the child will be able to see the page tables that we are concurrently removing while assuming that nothing else can access them. Repeat the ->anon_vma check once we hold the mmap lock to ensure that there really is no concurrent page table access. Hitting this bug causes a lockdep warning in collapse_and_free_pmd(), in the line "lockdep_assert_held_write(&vma->anon_vma->root->rwsem)". It can also lead to use-after-free access.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.11-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.11-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= f3f0e1d2150b2b99da2cbdfaad000089efe9bf30 < 352fbf61ce776fef18dca6a68680a6cd943dac95352fbf61ce776fef18dca6a68680a6cd943dac95
linuxlinux>= f3f0e1d2150b2b99da2cbdfaad000089efe9bf30 < cee956ab1efbd858b4ca61c8b474af5aa24b29a6cee956ab1efbd858b4ca61c8b474af5aa24b29a6
linuxlinux>= f3f0e1d2150b2b99da2cbdfaad000089efe9bf30 < abdf3c33918185c3e8ffeb09ed3e334b3d7df47cabdf3c33918185c3e8ffeb09ed3e334b3d7df47c
linuxlinux>= f3f0e1d2150b2b99da2cbdfaad000089efe9bf30 < acb08187b5a83cdb9ac4112fae9e18cf983b0128acb08187b5a83cdb9ac4112fae9e18cf983b0128
linuxlinux>= f3f0e1d2150b2b99da2cbdfaad000089efe9bf30 < 023f47a8250c6bdb4aebe744db4bf7f73414028b023f47a8250c6bdb4aebe744db4bf7f73414028b
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.244-15.10.244-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.11-16.1.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.11-16.1.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.11-16.1.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-163.1735.15.0-163.173
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.8 < 5.4.2995.4.299
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1925.15.192
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.116.1.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2435.10.243
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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