Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU74629

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-1582

Published: April 10, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU74629

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1582

CWE-ID: CWE-362

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within fs/proc/task_mmu.c. A local user can exploit the race and crash the kernel.

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