CVE-2023-52489
kernel: mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 29, 2024
Updated · November 1, 2026
Description
A race condition was found on a PFN in the Linux Kernel, which can fall into the device memory region with the system memory configuration. Normal zone start and end PFNs contain the device memory PFNs as well, and the compaction triggered will try on the device memory PFNs and end up in NOP. This may lead to compromised Availability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization