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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2023-52932

mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() The softlockup still occurs in get_swap_pages() under memory pressure. 64 CPU cores, 64GB memory, and 28 zram devices, the disksize of each zram device is 50MB with same priority as si. Use the stress-ng tool to increase memory pressure, causing the system to oom frequently. The plist_for_each_entry_safe() loops in get_swap_pages() could reach tens of thousands of times to find available space (extreme case: cond_resched() is not called in scan_swap_map_slots()). Let's add cond_resched() into get_swap_pages() when failed to find available space to avoid softlockup.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < 29f0349c5c76b627fe06b87d4b13fa03a6ce8e64affected
  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < 387217b97e99699c34e6d95ce2b91b327fcd853eaffected
  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < d49c85a1913385eed46dd16a25ad0928253767f0affected
  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < 30187be29052bba9203b0ae2bdd815e0bc2faaabaffected
  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < 5dbe1ebd56470d03b78fc31491a9e4d433106ef2affected
  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < 49178d4d61e78aed8c837dfeea8a450700f196e2affected
  • adfab836f4908deb049a5128082719e689eed964 to < 7717fc1a12f88701573f9ed897cc4f6699c661e3affected
  • 75b1f2d3ed3169675b69b2f68217ebb839414657affected
  • bcbfe6fdf8576a545fafdfe4611f59cc6b166589affected
  • 3.12.30 to < 3.13affected
  • 3.14.21 to < 3.15affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.16affected
  • 0 to < 3.16unaffected
  • 4.14.306 to ≤ 4.14.*unaffected
  • 4.19.273 to ≤ 4.19.*unaffected
  • 5.4.232 to ≤ 5.4.*unaffected
  • 5.10.168 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.93 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.11 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References