Vulnerability · Published Apr 26, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2023-52646aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref Commit e4a0d3e720e7 ("aio: Make it possible to remap aio ring") introduced a null-deref if mremap is called on an old aio mapping after fork as mm->ioctx_table will be set to NULL. [jmoyer@redhat.com: fix 80 column issue]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52646
Debian:13linux6.1.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52646
Debian:14linux6.1.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1038.45UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1038.45.1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1034.42UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1035.41UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52646

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before 808f1e4b5723ae4eda724d2ad6f6638905eefd95e4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before d8dca1bfe9adcae38b35add64977818c0c13dd22e4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before 4326d0080f7e84fba775da41d158f46cf9d3f1c2e4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before c261f798f7baa8080cf0214081d43d5f86bb073fe4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before 178993157e8c50aef7f35d7d6d3b44bb428199e1e4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before af126acf01a12bdb04986fd26fc2eb3b40249e0de4a0d3e720e7e508749c1439b5ba3aff56c92976 – before 81e9d6f8647650a7bead74c5f926e29970e834d1
Linux Linux 3.19

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