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CVE-2023-53621— memcontrol: ensure memcg acquired by id is properly set up

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于内存控制组通过ID获取时未正确设置，可能导致空指针取消引用。

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Affected Version Matrix 6

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux f78dfc7b77d5c3527d0f895bef693f711802de5a< b9d30c38ee859d833a51131b5b4b864c7a6219d0 affected
f78dfc7b77d5c3527d0f895bef693f711802de5a< 6f0df8e16eb543167f2929cb756e695709a3551d affected
6.3 affected
< 6.3 unaffected
6.5.4≤ 6.5.* unaffected
6.6≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-53621

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Vulnerability Title
memcontrol: ensure memcg acquired by id is properly set up
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcontrol: ensure memcg acquired by id is properly set up In the eviction recency check, we attempt to retrieve the memcg to which the folio belonged when it was evicted, by the memcg id stored in the shadow entry. However, there is a chance that the retrieved memcg is not the original memcg that has been killed, but a new one which happens to have the same id. This is a somewhat unfortunate, but acceptable and rare inaccuracy in the heuristics. However, if we retrieve this new memcg between its allocation and when it is properly attached to the memcg hierarchy, we could run into the following NULL pointer exception during the memcg hierarchy traversal done in mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(): [ 155757.793456] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000c0 [ 155757.807568] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 155757.818024] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 155757.828482] PGD 401f77067 P4D 401f77067 PUD 401f76067 PMD 0 [ 155757.839985] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 155757.887870] RIP: 0010:mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages+0x3d/0xb0 [ 155757.899377] Code: 29 19 4a 02 48 39 f9 74 63 48 8b 97 c0 00 00 00 48 8b b7 58 02 00 00 48 2b b7 c0 01 00 00 48 39 f0 48 0f 4d c6 48 39 d1 74 42 <48> 8b b2 c0 00 00 00 48 8b ba 58 02 00 00 48 2b ba c0 01 00 00 48 [ 155757.937125] RSP: 0018:ffffc9002ecdfbc8 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 155757.947755] RAX: 00000000003a3b1c RBX: 000007ffffffffff RCX: ffff888280183000 [ 155757.962202] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0007ffffffffffff RDI: ffff888bbc2d1000 [ 155757.976648] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 000000000000000b R09: ffff888ad9cedba0 [ 155757.991094] R10: ffffea0039c07900 R11: 0000000000000010 R12: ffff888b23a7b000 [ 155758.005540] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff888bbc2d1000 R15: 000007ffffc71354 [ 155758.019991] FS: 00007f6234c68640(0000) GS:ffff88903f9c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 155758.036356] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 155758.048023] CR2: 00000000000000c0 CR3: 0000000a83eb8004 CR4: 00000000007706e0 [ 155758.062473] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 155758.076924] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 155758.091376] PKRU: 55555554 [ 155758.096957] Call Trace: [ 155758.102016] <TASK> [ 155758.106502] ? __die+0x78/0xc0 [ 155758.112793] ? page_fault_oops+0x286/0x380 [ 155758.121175] ? exc_page_fault+0x5d/0x110 [ 155758.129209] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 155758.137763] ? mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages+0x3d/0xb0 [ 155758.148060] workingset_test_recent+0xda/0x1b0 [ 155758.157133] workingset_refault+0xca/0x1e0 [ 155758.165508] filemap_add_folio+0x4d/0x70 [ 155758.173538] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0xed/0x190 [ 155758.182919] page_cache_sync_ra+0xd6/0x1e0 [ 155758.191738] filemap_read+0x68d/0xdf0 [ 155758.199495] ? mlx5e_napi_poll+0x123/0x940 [ 155758.207981] ? __napi_schedule+0x55/0x90 [ 155758.216095] __x64_sys_pread64+0x1d6/0x2c0 [ 155758.224601] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x80 [ 155758.232058] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 [ 155758.242473] RIP: 0033:0x7f62c29153b5 [ 155758.249938] Code: e8 48 89 75 f0 89 7d f8 48 89 4d e0 e8 b4 e6 f7 ff 41 89 c0 4c 8b 55 e0 48 8b 55 e8 48 8b 75 f0 8b 7d f8 b8 11 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 33 44 89 c7 48 89 45 f8 e8 e7 e6 f7 ff 48 8b [ 155758.288005] RSP: 002b:00007f6234c5ffd0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000011 [ 155758.303474] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f628c4e70c0 RCX: 00007f62c29153b5 [ 155758.318075] RDX: 000000000003c041 RSI: 00007f61d2986000 RDI: 0000000000000076 [ 155758.332678] RBP: 00007f6234c5fff0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000064d5230c [ 155758.347452] R10: 000000000027d450 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 000000000003c041 [ 155758.362044] R13: 00007f61d2986000 R14: 00007f629e11b060 R15: 000000000027d450 [ 155758.376661] </TASK> This patch fixes the issue by moving the memcg's id publication from the alloc stage to ---truncated---
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于内存控制组通过ID获取时未正确设置，可能导致空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux f78dfc7b77d5c3527d0f895bef693f711802de5a ~ b9d30c38ee859d833a51131b5b4b864c7a6219d0 -
Linux Linux 6.3 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-07 · 118 CVEs total

CVE-2023-53629 9.8 CRITICAL fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit
CVE-2023-53630 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Fix unpinning of pages when an access is present
CVE-2023-53676 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show()
CVE-2023-53675 8.8 HIGH scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses
CVE-2023-53673 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn
CVE-2023-53679 8.3 HIGH wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow
CVE-2023-53635 8.2 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
CVE-2023-53669 7.8 HIGH tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP
CVE-2022-50555 7.8 HIGH tipc: fix a null-ptr-deref in tipc_topsrv_accept
CVE-2023-53627 7.8 HIGH scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
CVE-2023-53626 7.8 HIGH ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory
CVE-2023-53660 7.8 HIGH bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
CVE-2023-53659 7.8 HIGH iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove
CVE-2023-53619 7.8 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free
CVE-2023-53643 7.8 HIGH nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery
CVE-2023-53645 7.8 HIGH bpf: Make bpf_refcount_acquire fallible for non-owning refs
CVE-2023-53646 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters
CVE-2022-50528 7.8 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leakage
CVE-2023-53651 7.8 HIGH Input: exc3000 - properly stop timer on shutdown
CVE-2022-50543 7.8 HIGH RDMA/rxe: Fix mr->map double free

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