CVE-2023-1582

Published: Apr 5, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A race problem was found in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the memory management sub-component in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with user privilege to cause a denial of service.

Affected (8)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 5.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 5.7 rc7

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (2)

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/Yg6ac8WlwtnDH6M0%40kroah.com/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/Yg6ac8WlwtnDH6M0%40kroah.com/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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