CVE-2023-52932

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.14.306 - Denial of Service via Softlockup in get_swap_pages()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.7%
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 (28)
linux/Kernel 3.16.0 - 4.14.306linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.273linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.232linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.93linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.11linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.168linux
Linux/Linux < 3.16
Linux/Linux 3.12.30 - 3.13
Linux/Linux 3.14.21 - 3.15
Linux/Linux 3.16
... and 18 more
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026