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CVE-2023-53614

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CVE-2023-53614

Published: Oct 4, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
a5f18ba0727656bd1fe3bcdb0d563f81790f9a04 - < 286b0cab31bac29960e5684f6fb331d42f03b363
affected
a5f18ba0727656bd1fe3bcdb0d563f81790f9a04 - < b4f664ffd8f78c05a1fd542a28bc5a11e994c014
affected
a5f18ba0727656bd1fe3bcdb0d563f81790f9a04 - < 6db504ce55bdbc575723938fc480713c9183f6a2

Linux

Linux

affected
6.1
unaffected
0 - < 6.1
unaffected
6.1.22 - <= 6.1.*
unaffected
6.2.9 - <= 6.2.*
unaffected
6.3 - <= *

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