CVE-2023-53614

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53614
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53614.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53614
Downstream
Published
2025-10-04T15:44:21Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:39Z
Summary
mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mm_struct teardown
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53614.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
a5f18ba0727656bd1fe3bcdb0d563f81790f9a04
Fixed
286b0cab31bac29960e5684f6fb331d42f03b363
Fixed
b4f664ffd8f78c05a1fd542a28bc5a11e994c014
Fixed
6db504ce55bdbc575723938fc480713c9183f6a2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53614.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.1.0
Fixed
6.1.22
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53614.json"