High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-4611
CVE-2023-4611
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in mm/mempolicy.c in the memory management subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue is caused by a race between mbind() and VMA-locked page fault, and may allow a local attacker to crash the system or lead to a kernel information leak.
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Affected products
6cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6+ 3 more
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
- Fedora/Fedorav5
Patches
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References
3- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/stable-commits/msg310136.htmlnvdMailing ListPatch
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4611nvdThird Party Advisory
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