# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-53419"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-09-18T16:04:02.955Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:44:36.756Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53419"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-53419.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53419"
title: "rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() -\u003eexp_tasks access"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() -\u003eexp_tasks access\n\nFor kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y, the following scenario can\nresult in a NULL-pointer dereference:\n\n           CPU1                                           CPU2\nrcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore                rcu_print_task_exp_stall\n  if (special.b.blocked)                            READ_ONCE(rnp-\u003eexp_tasks) != NULL\n    raw_spin_lock_rcu_node\n    np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp)\n    if (&t-\u003ercu_node_entry == rnp-\u003eexp_tasks)\n      WRITE_ONCE(rnp-\u003eexp_tasks, np)\n      ....\n      raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node\n                                                    raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node\n                                                    t = list_entry(rnp-\u003eexp_tasks-\u003eprev,\n                                                        struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry)\n                                                    (if rnp-\u003eexp_tasks is NULL, this\n                                                       will dereference a NULL pointer)\n\nThe problem is that CPU2 accesses the rcu_node structure's-\u003eexp_tasks\nfield without holding the rcu_node structure's -\u003elock and CPU2 did\nnot observe CPU1's change to rcu_node structure's -\u003eexp_tasks in time.\nTherefore, if CPU1 sets rcu_node structure's-\u003eexp_tasks pointer to NULL,\nthen CPU2 might dereference that NULL pointer.\n\nThis commit therefore holds the rcu_node structure's -\u003elock while\naccessing that structure's-\u003eexp_tasks field.\n\n[ paulmck: Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]"
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