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CVE-2023-1582

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

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 products

• Linux kernel: before 5.7; 5.7-rc1, 5.7-rc2, 5.7-rc3, 5.7-rc4, 5.7-rc5, 5.7-rc6 (+1) — fixed in 5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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