{"cve":"CVE-2023-52940","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-27T17:15:43.920","modified":"2026-06-17T06:43:59.057","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: multi-gen LRU: fix crash during cgroup migration\n\nlru_gen_migrate_mm() assumes lru_gen_add_mm() runs prior to itself.  This\nisn't true for the following scenario:\n\n    CPU 1                         CPU 2\n\n  clone()\n    cgroup_can_fork()\n                                cgroup_procs_write()\n    cgroup_post_fork()\n                                  task_lock()\n                                  lru_gen_migrate_mm()\n                                  task_unlock()\n    task_lock()\n    lru_gen_add_mm()\n    task_unlock()\n\nAnd when the above happens, kernel crashes because of linked list\ncorruption (mm_struct->lru_gen.list).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04448022311cebd30969d3aebdde765f1258b360","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de08eaa6156405f2e9369f06ba5afae0e4ab3b62"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:28.034033815+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52940","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.11128,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}