{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-52940","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2024-08-21T06:07:11.022Z","datePublished":"2025-03-27T16:37:18.691Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:36:08.357Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:36:08.357Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: multi-gen LRU: fix crash during cgroup migration\n\nlru_gen_migrate_mm() assumes lru_gen_add_mm() runs prior to itself.  This\nisn't true for the following scenario:\n\n    CPU 1                         CPU 2\n\n  clone()\n    cgroup_can_fork()\n                                cgroup_procs_write()\n    cgroup_post_fork()\n                                  task_lock()\n                                  lru_gen_migrate_mm()\n                                  task_unlock()\n    task_lock()\n    lru_gen_add_mm()\n    task_unlock()\n\nAnd when the above happens, kernel crashes because of linked list\ncorruption (mm_struct->lru_gen.list)."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/vmscan.c"],"versions":[{"version":"bd74fdaea146029e4fa12c6de89adbe0779348a9","lessThan":"04448022311cebd30969d3aebdde765f1258b360","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bd74fdaea146029e4fa12c6de89adbe0779348a9","lessThan":"de08eaa6156405f2e9369f06ba5afae0e4ab3b62","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/vmscan.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.11","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.1","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.11"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.1","versionEndExcluding":"6.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04448022311cebd30969d3aebdde765f1258b360"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de08eaa6156405f2e9369f06ba5afae0e4ab3b62"}],"title":"mm: multi-gen LRU: fix crash during cgroup migration","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}