Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/ksm: fixed a race condition involving VMA iteration and mmstruct teardown. The exitmmap function will tear down the VMAs and the maple tree, provided that the mmaplock is held in write mode. Ensure that the maple tree remains...

CVE-2023-53614

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/ksm: fix race with VMA iteration and mmstruct teardown exitmmap will tear down the VMAs and maple tree with the mmaplock held in write mode. Ensure that the maple tree is still valid by checking ksmtestexit after taking the...

CVE-2023-53614

Summary: CVE-2023-53614 affects the Linux kernel in the mm/ksm path, where exit_mmap() may teardown VMAs and the maple tree while mmap_lock is held, risking a destroyed maple tree being dereferenced. The fix ensures maple tree validity by checking ksm_test_exit() after obtaining mmap_lock in read...