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Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-53614

CVE-2023-53614

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.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.1,<6.1.22
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.1
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.22

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