CVE-2023-52939
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: memcg: fix NULL pointer in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() As commit 18365225f044 ("hwpoison, memcg: forcibly uncharge LRU pages"), hwpoison will forcibly uncharg a LRU hwpoisoned page, the folio_memcg could be NULl, then, mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() could occurs a NULL pointer dereference, let's do not record the foreign writebacks for folio memcg is null in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty() to fix it.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.11-1 |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.1.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.1.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.1.11-1 |
References
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.