CVE-2023-53614

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 4, 2025
First seenOct 4, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.1.22, 6.2.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.1 ≤ v < 6.1.22, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.9, 6.36.1.22, 6.2.9

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