CVE-2023-52939
mm: memcg: fix NULL pointer in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath()
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: memcg: fix NULL pointer in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() As commit 18365225f044 ("hwpoison, memcg: forcibly uncharge LRU pages"),
hwpoison will forcibly uncharg a LRU hwpoisoned page, the folio_memcg
could be NULl, then, mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() could
occurs a NULL pointer dereference, let's do not record the foreign
writebacks for folio memcg is null in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty() to
fix it.
A flaw was found in the memory management subsystem in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference can be triggered due to an improper check of the memory cgroup value, resulting in a system crash and a denial of service.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: memcg: fix NULL pointer in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() As commit 18365225f044 ("hwpoison, memcg: forcibly uncharge LRU pages"), hwpoison will forcibly uncharg a LRU hwpoisoned page, the folio_memcg could be NULl, then, mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() could occurs a NULL pointer dereference, let's do not record the foreign writebacks for folio memcg is null in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty() to fix it.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
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Timeline
- 2024-08-21 CVE Reserved
- 2025-03-27 CVE Published
- 2025-04-28 EPSS Updated
- 2025-05-04 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (5)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97b27821b4854ca744946dae32a3f2fd55bcd5bc | Vuln. Introduced |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79ba5953f6fdc5559389ad415620bffc24f024b | 2023-02-09 | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac86f547ca1002aec2ef66b9e64d03f45bbbfbb9 | 2023-02-01 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52939 | 2024-04-30 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355456 | 2024-04-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.4 < 6.1.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.4 < 6.1.11" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.4 < 6.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.4 < 6.2" | en |
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