CVE-2023-52932
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 4.14.306 - Denial of Service via Softlockup in get_swap_pages()
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() The softlockup still occurs in get_swap_pages() under memory pressure. 64 CPU cores, 64GB memory, and 28 zram devices, the disksize of each zram device is 50MB with same priority as si. Use the stress-ng tool to increase memory pressure, causing the system to oom frequently. The plist_for_each_entry_safe() loops in get_swap_pages() could reach tens of thousands of times to find available space (extreme case: cond_resched() is not called in scan_swap_map_slots()). Let's add cond_resched() into get_swap_pages() when failed to find available space to avoid softlockup.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
7.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (22)
Linux/Linux
< 3.16
Linux/Linux
3.12.30 - 3.13
Linux/Linux
3.14.21 - 3.15
Linux/Linux
3.16
Linux/Linux
4.14.306 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux
4.19.273 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux
5.10.168 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.93 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.4.232 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux
6.1.11 - 6.1.*
... and 12 more
Published
Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026