CVE-2023-52646: linux kernel vulnerability

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]
CVE-2023-52646CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2023-52646: linux kernel vulnerability

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]

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
14.56%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

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]

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