CVE-2023-53171
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
vfio/type1: prevent underflow of locked_vm via exec()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/type1: prevent underflow of locked_vm via exec() When a vfio container is preserved across exec, the task does not change, but it gets a new mm with locked_vm=0, and loses the count from existing dma mappings. If the user later unmaps a dma mapping, locked_vm underflows to a large unsigned value, and a subsequent dma map request fails with ENOMEM in __account_locked_vm. To avoid underflow, grab and save the mm at the time a dma is mapped. Use that mm when adjusting locked_vm, rather than re-acquiring the saved task's mm, which may have changed. If the saved mm is dead, do nothing. locked_vm is incremented for existing mappings in a subsequent patch.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73fa0d10d077d9521ee2dace2307ae2c9a965336 | affected | git | 5a271242716846cc016736fb76be2b40ee49b0c3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 73fa0d10d077d9521ee2dace2307ae2c9a965336 | affected | git | eafb81c50da899dd80b340c841277acc4a1945b7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 73fa0d10d077d9521ee2dace2307ae2c9a965336 | affected | git | a6b2aabe664098d5cf877ae0fd96459464a30e17 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 73fa0d10d077d9521ee2dace2307ae2c9a965336 | affected | git | b0790dff0760b7734cf0961f497ad64628ca550b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 73fa0d10d077d9521ee2dace2307ae2c9a965336 | affected | git | 046eca5018f8a5dd1dc2cedf87fb5843b9ea3026 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.173 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.99 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.16 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.2.* | None listed |
| 6.3 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |